November 4, 2005 - 17:13 AMT
International Conference on Armenian Genocide to Be Held in Stockholm
An international conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will be held in Stockholm November 15. The event was initiated by Live History institution, coordination council of the Armenian Unions of Sweden and some other organizations. The conference has the purpose to raise the Genocide issue in the political, public and scientific circles. "The rights of the Christian minorities in Turkey are still infringed and the intellectuals are subjected to persecutions," Chairman of the coordination council of the Armenian Unions Karo Hakobian said. Turkey's position at the conference will be presented by historian Kemal Cicek. Members of the Swedish Reichstag, political and public figures, representatives of political parties and ministers were invited to the event.