Dutch MFA: Most scholars are unanimous on Armenian Genocide issue
11:07, 04.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia
Theme: Politics
Is what happened to the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire genocide in
legal terms? The Government of the Netherlands is not the addressee of
this question.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders,
responded in the aforesaid manner to a question posed by Dutch MP
Pieter Omtzigt.
The FM’s responses are posted on the official website of the
Government of the Netherlands.
Omtzigt, in his queries, noted that the vast majority of the world’s
scholars, including the International Association of Genocide
Scholars, recognize the fact of the Armenian Genocide.
And to the question on the Dutch government’s view with respect to the
genocide of Armenians and other Christian nations in the Ottoman
Empire, Koenders responded: “Most scholars are unanimous on this
issue. [But] one way or another, the [Dutch] government’s opinion on
the acceptance of this term will not impact, at this time, the need to
choose their future and bring meaning to it by the two countries [i.e.
Armenia and Turkey].”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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