FOR THE FIRST TIME BRITISH MINISTER USES WORDS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
DeFacto Agency
May 13 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 13.05.08. DE FACTO. The U.K. government has strongly condemned
the desecration of the Armenian Genocide Monument in Cardiff, Wales,
which occurred on Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27, 2008, Armenia
Solidarity, supported by Nor Serount Cultural Association, indicates.
In a reply to Mr David Burrowes MP, (who had taken up a complaint
by B. Nazarian of Armenia Solidarity about the desecration of the
Armenian Genocide Monument), the Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt
Hon Paul Murphy, replying for the UK government specifically referred
to "the desecration of The Armenian Genocide Memorial in Cardiff in
January 2008", a French journalist Jean Eckian told DE FACTO Agency.
He continued: "I wholeheartedly condemn this violent act of
desecration. It is distressing that this is yet another example of
how we must all continue to be vigilant against such acts of racism,
violence and hatred; and that we all need to stand united against
them. This attack, like many similar crimes, is often unprovoked and
undertaken under the cover of darkness. I hope that when the persons
are caught and prosecuted for this crime, this will go some way to
easing the pain and distress that has been caused by this terrible
act", he said.
"This is a most significant development" said a spokesman for Armenia
Solidarity. "In the past government ministers have made strenuous
efforts to avoid using the phrase the Armenian Genocide".