Denmark rejects genocide claims
Denmark rejects the claims on the so-called "genocide of
Armenians", Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said.
"In the government's opinion, this is a historical question that should be left up to the historians," Moeller said in response to a question from parliamentary member, Morten Messerchmidt, of the far-right Danish People's Party, on whether "Denmark had officially recognized this genocide".
"The Danish government considers that the issue is the matter of historians and does not want to hurt relations with Turkey," the minister said.
The alleged mass killing is considered genocide by Armenians but not by Turkey, which rejects the allegations. According to the Armenian claims, 1.5 million of their kinsmen were killed from 1915 to 1917 under an Ottoman Empire campaign of deportation. Rejecting the genocide label, Turkey states that 250,000 to 500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians took up arms for independence in eastern Anatolia during World War I.
"In the government's opinion, this is a historical question that should be left up to the historians," Moeller said in response to a question from parliamentary member, Morten Messerchmidt, of the far-right Danish People's Party, on whether "Denmark had officially recognized this genocide".
"The Danish government considers that the issue is the matter of historians and does not want to hurt relations with Turkey," the minister said.
The alleged mass killing is considered genocide by Armenians but not by Turkey, which rejects the allegations. According to the Armenian claims, 1.5 million of their kinsmen were killed from 1915 to 1917 under an Ottoman Empire campaign of deportation. Rejecting the genocide label, Turkey states that 250,000 to 500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians took up arms for independence in eastern Anatolia during World War I.
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