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Bulgaria parliament rejects Armenian genocide declaration
Bulgaria parliament rejects Armenian genocide declaration
© Klearchos KapoutsisMOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti)
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Turkey throws ‘genocide’ charge back at FranceThe Bulgarian parliament on Wednesday turned down a declaration recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against Armenians, the Sofia News Agency reported.
The declaration refers to the deaths of more than 1 million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917.
It was the fifth time the declaration, initiated on behalf of the far-right Ataka (Attack) party, failed to pass.
Ataka leader Volen Siderov said it was natural for "a patriotic party like his" to recognize the Armenian genocide.
"To hide certain events from your history because they are bad for you as a country is demagogy, in my opinion," he said.
Lyutvi Mestan, a senior MP from the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, opposed Ataka's proposal, saying parliament was not an institution to establish historical truths.
Some 1 million Turks live in Bulgaria, constituting the country's largest ethnic minority. Armenians, though considerably fewer in number, are also among Bulgaria's significant minorities.
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- michael1My thoughts on this issue.22:10, 11/01/2012I'm a Swedish-American with Armenian roots dating back hundreds of years. My grandfather survived the Armenian Genocide, the Spanish civil war and the two World Wars. It's not the current Turkish population's fault
that the Armenian Genocide took place. But I do thank Holy Mother Russia for it's stance on this issue and I hope that position will remain for eternity and beyond. The Bulgarian parliament will in time reconsider it's decision I think. On another note, let's stay on the look out for the coming of the Third Antichrist, he may already be in our midst but has not decided to appear in public as of yet. Thank you again Russia. - 123(no title)04:41, 12/01/2012America is not important, France is not important, Bulgaria is not important... I hope officials in the Kremlin realize that the historic Russian-Armenian alliance is the last front in the strategic Caucasus against American imperialism, NATO expansionism, Globalism, Islamic fundamentalism and pan Turkism.
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