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Sweden`s Parliament Recognizes The Genocide Against The Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks

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  • GreekForumer
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    Re: Sweden`s Parliament Recognizes The Genocide Against The Armenians, Assyrians, Gre

    Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
    Sweden`s Parliament just recently recognized the Genocide Against The Armenians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks.

    This was extremely close.

    131 voted in favour to recognize the Genocide Against The Armenians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks while 130 voted against recognition.
    Alexandros, did you watch the debates ?

    How many politicians said Ottoman Turkey was "innocent" and how many said the issue was "undecided" ?

    That's the important question.

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  • Armanen
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    The Spanish parliament will also vote on the AG soon!

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  • Mukuch
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    Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
    And Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Sweden. Turkey said that this will have drastic consequences for the Swedish-Turkish relations.

    Well it seems soon turks will not have any diplomats abroad....

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  • Alexandros
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    And Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Sweden. Turkey said that this will have drastic consequences for the Swedish-Turkish relations.

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  • Mukuch
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    Swedish Parliament recognized Armenian Genocide

    21:23 / 03/11/2010Yesterday, Swedish Parliament decided to consider the resolution on recognition of the massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide, Swedish media say.

    Thus, parliament went against the government line, having the red-green opposition suggesting that the massacres of Armenians, Assyrians, Syrians, Chaldeans and Pontic Greeks during World War I committed in Ottoman Empire to be called a genocide. The non-socialist parties threw the proposal reasoning that politicians are not going to write the history. However, a number of conservative MPs voted for the resolution, which resulted in proposal passing by a casting vote — 131 against 130.

    According to the experts, it may have been up to 2.5 million people lost their lives. Turkey negates that there was a genocide.

    S.T.

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  • Alexandros
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    Swedish Parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide

    11.03.2010 21:27 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Swedish Parliament recognized the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire in 1915 by 131 votes in favor and 130 against, Vahagn Avedyan, head of the Armenian Association of Sweden told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. "The debates lasted more than 5 hours," Avedyan said.

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  • Alexandros
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    Originally posted by Mukuch View Post
    My mistacke, Social Democrats used to vote against so I assumed they were still in power. But you are right. Social democrats are now in opposition. But there were 4 pro-govermental deputats who voted for. Befor discussion they were 3. One was missing for passing the resolution.
    Yes, that was Fredrik Malm(who is a member of the The Liberal Party called "Folk-partiet" in Swedish) and his party sits in the current center-right coalition. He said that although he was in favour of recognition of the Genocide against the Armenians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks he couldn`t vote in favour because (i) he`s the The Liberal Party`s spokesman on foreign-issues and (ii) he didn`t want to go against the agreement that the current center-right coalition have - and that was to not recognize the Genocide against Armenians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks so therefore he said he would abstain to participate in the vote today.
    Last edited by Alexandros; 03-11-2010, 09:30 AM.

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  • Haykakan
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    Yes a good day indeed. I hope it repeats itself in the USA.

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  • Mukuch
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    Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
    Actually, the opposition(Social-Democrats, Green party and Left-party) voted in favour of recognition but the current center-right coalition that is in power voted aginst recognition. What made the recognition possible was that some members of center-right parties broke ranks with their own parties and voted together with the opposition.

    This is a great day!
    My mistacke, Social Democrats used to vote against so I assumed they were still in power. But you are right. Social democrats are now in opposition. But there were 4 pro-govermental deputats who voted for. Befor discussion they were 3. One was missing for passing the resolution.

    anyway . YES IT IS A GREAT DAY !!!!

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  • Alexandros
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    Originally posted by Mukuch View Post
    So the Social-Democrats gave at least 4 votes! There was 1 vote missing befor discussion.
    Actually, the opposition(Social-Democrats, Green party and Left-party) voted in favour of recognition but the current center-right coalition that is in power voted aginst recognition. What made the recognition possible was that some members of center-right parties broke ranks with their own parties and voted together with the opposition.

    This is a great day!

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