Alevis in Germany say Armenian Genocide denial must be criminalizedApril 23, 2012 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 21, Armenian Genocide commemoration evening was held at St. Peter's Church in Hamburg, Germany. Over 700 guests of different nationalities attended the event, RA MFA press service reported. Cem Özdemir, leader of the German party of Alliance '90/The Greens stressed the need for the Turkish government to put an end to Armenian Genocide denial policy. “The Armenian Genocide issue must be taught at Turkish educational institutions, as this will enable the Turks to get familiarized with own past,” Mr. Özdemir said. Ali Ertan Toprak, representative of the Alevi community in Germany, in turn, noted that his nation recognizes the Armenian Genocide and condemns the Turkish denial policy. “The Armenian Genocide denial must be criminalized,” he said. Representatives of Assyrian community and Evangelical Church in Germany, who also condemned the Turkish government for Genocide denial, as well as Armenian Ambassador to Germany Armen Martirosyan came up with speeches at the event. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |