Danish parliament fails to "give historical assessment" to GenocideJanuary 27, 2017 - 11:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Danish parliament (Folketing) on Thursday, January 26 adopted a bill on the Armenian-Turkish relations, which states that "the best way for reconciliation is through open dialogue on the basis of a free and uncensored history research, including the release of all official documents from the period.” "The Parliament regrets that Turkish law prohibits citizens and media to use the term ‘genocide’ about the events, and considers this an unreasonable restriction of both academic freedom and freedom of expression. Parliament maintains its parliamentary tradition not to issue judgments about historical events,” reads the bill. Also, the Folketing said in the resolution that it recognizes the “tragic and bloody events that took place in the period 1915-1923,” failing to give a historic assessment to the Armenian Genocide. Some three dozen countries have so far recognized the Armenian Genocide, including Germany, France, Russia, Argentina, Italy to name a few. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |