Denmark rejects “Armenian genocide” claims
Denmark rejects the claims on so-called "genocide of Armenians",
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said.
Moeller said that his country did not recognize the claims on alleged 1915 mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.
Moeller's note came 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 foreign minister said.
The mass killing of Armenians is considered genocide by Armenians but not by Turkey, which rejects the term. According to the Armenian claims, 1.5 million of their kinsmen were killed from 1915 to 1917 under an Ottoman Empire campaign of deportation and murder. 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. A number of countries and official bodies, notably the European parliament, France, Canada and now a United States House of Representatives committee, have labeled the killings genocide. *
Moeller said that his country did not recognize the claims on alleged 1915 mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.
Moeller's note came 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 foreign minister said.
The mass killing of Armenians is considered genocide by Armenians but not by Turkey, which rejects the term. According to the Armenian claims, 1.5 million of their kinsmen were killed from 1915 to 1917 under an Ottoman Empire campaign of deportation and murder. 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. A number of countries and official bodies, notably the European parliament, France, Canada and now a United States House of Representatives committee, have labeled the killings genocide. *
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