After Congress, British parliament to mull Armenian ‘genocide’
The British parliament’s House of Commons is due to discuss a bill
on the alleged Ottoman-era genocide of Armenians in its second
hearing.
The draft law, authored by Labor MP Andrew Dismore and called "the Day of genocide memories", had been considered in the first hearing in January, Turkey’s Anka news agency reported.
The bill has to be adopted by the House of Lords and then endorsed by the Queen of England to become law.
The House of Commons is the lower chamber of the British parliament comprising 646 members.
The news came just a day after the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a resolution on the Armenian "genocide" claims, despite calls by the Obama administration not to offend Turkey, a NATO ally. The decision is not final and the bill now goes to the full House.
Armenians residing in the Anatolia region fought against the Ottoman army in support of Russia during World War I. In an effort to end the stand-off, the Ottoman government decided to resettle the Armenians to other parts of the country in 1915. Armenians claim their forefathers were subjected to "genocide" in the process, while Ankara dismisses the claims and has offered conducting joint historical research.*
The draft law, authored by Labor MP Andrew Dismore and called "the Day of genocide memories", had been considered in the first hearing in January, Turkey’s Anka news agency reported.
The bill has to be adopted by the House of Lords and then endorsed by the Queen of England to become law.
The House of Commons is the lower chamber of the British parliament comprising 646 members.
The news came just a day after the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a resolution on the Armenian "genocide" claims, despite calls by the Obama administration not to offend Turkey, a NATO ally. The decision is not final and the bill now goes to the full House.
Armenians residing in the Anatolia region fought against the Ottoman army in support of Russia during World War I. In an effort to end the stand-off, the Ottoman government decided to resettle the Armenians to other parts of the country in 1915. Armenians claim their forefathers were subjected to "genocide" in the process, while Ankara dismisses the claims and has offered conducting joint historical research.*
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