Conference on problem of Armenian Genocide denial in UK held in London

"The parliamentary group of Armenians of Great Britain (BAAPPG), Armenia Solidarity, The Armenian Genocide Trust and Aegis Trust held a conference titled “Genocide denial and ‘moral of foreign policy’ of UK government”. Representative of the interparliamentary group David Drew, Aegis Trust executive director James Smith, Armenia’s Ambassador to UK Vahe Gabrielyan made speeches. Member of the Jewish community Ruth Barnett remarked on moral consequences of genocide denial.

Mr James Smith drew a parallel between the Armenian Genocide and the genocide in Darfur. The governments acted the same way in both cases, according to him. Mr Smith also reminded of the attempt to close the UN exhibit dedicated to the Rwandan Genocide.

For his part, Armenian Ambassador to UK Vahe Gabrielyan noted the necessity of events of the kind for prevention of genocides by joint efforts. “Armenia, like the whole international community, describes the events in Darfur as genocide and exerts efforts for prevention of genocides in future,” the diplomat said, the RA MFA press office reports."