Wales-Armenia Solidarity
c/o Temple of Peace, Cathays Parc Cardiff Wales
Tel 07876541681
[email protected]
The Majority of Welsh Members of the UK Parliament Recognise the
Armenian and Assyrian Genocide
Following intensive lobbying from the above organisation,over half the
eligible Welsh Representatives of the UK Parliament have signed a
motion recognising the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide of 1915. The
Motion is called “Early Day Motion number 1454” and the Welsh Members of
the London parliament, in doing this, follow the example of
1 the majority of National Assembly of Wales Members who did the same
on 30th october 2002. and also
2 Gwynedd County Council, North West Wales who did so in March
2004(The first municipality in the UK to do so) and
3 Cardiff City Council which did so in September 2004
“This is a historic day for Wales” said a spokesman for Wales-Armenia
Solidarity. “There can no longer be any doubt that Wales has recognised
the Armenian and Assyrian Genocides. For seven hundred years during
the period of English rule,, our voice was silenced on international
issues.We have now a consensus on a serious international issue that
differs signifigantly from UK government policy
We accuse Britain of the betrayal Armenia for its own self-interest
ever since the nineteenth century.
Britain’s four betrayals of Armenia are spread over a century.
1 British Foreign policy in the nineteenth century,expressed through
the The Anglo-Turkish Convention and The Berlin Treaty in the 1 870’s,
(depriving Armenia of its protection by Russia), which led to Armenia
being totally exposed to the massacres of 1894-96, and eventually the
Genocide of 1915
2 The refusal to take up the mandate for an independent Armenia
following the Treaty of Sevres, allowing Armenia to be overrun in
1920-23. Lloyd George’s promises of an independent Armenia, made during
the war ( to aid the war effort) were not honoured.
3 The refusal to countenance the return of Kars and Ardahan to
Soviet Armenia from Turkey in 1945-46
4 Today’s shameful denial of the historical reality of the 1915
Genocide
We will continue to expose this shameful government denial of the
genocide in order to protect British investment in Turkey and to further
Britain’s strategic interests in the region.
Our priority will be to put the issue of restitution and reparations
for the genocide on the political agenda.The reunification of Armenia
must no longer be a taboo suibject during Turkey’s accesion talks. We
in Wales can raise our voice to insist that Turkey should yeild back
land to the Armenian nation if she is to acceed to the European Union.