OSCE official criticizes Swedish ‘genocide’ vote
Goran Lennmarker, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special
representative on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh
conflict, has described as wrong the Swedish parliament’s recent
decision to brand the alleged killings of up to 1.5 million
Armenians by Ottoman Turks as "genocide".
"Parliament should not assess historical events. This should be
done by historians," Lennmarker, a Swedish lawmaker, has said on a
visit to Baku.
Lennmarker said his views overlap with the Swedish government’s
stance. "The Swedish government condemns this decision and
considers it a blow to [the country’s] relations with Turkey."
Sweden's parliament, by a vote of 131-130, backed a resolution on
the alleged genocide, a claim that Turkey resolutely rejects.
Armenians claim their forefathers were subjected to "genocide"
during the resettlements of their ancestors to other parts of
Turkey by the Ottoman government during World War I. Turkey’s
decision aimed to end stand-off that emerged after Armenians
residing in the Anatolia region started riots and fought against
the Ottoman army in support of Russia.*
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