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    Vecernje novosti website, Serbia
    June 23 2010


    Serbian government against Armenian "genocide" resolution

    [Report by "S.S.R.": "Turkey Matters More to Us"]


    The adoption of a resolution condemning the genocide perpetrated by
    Ottoman Turkey against the Armenian people from 1915 to 1923 would not
    be in Serbia's foreign political interest.

    This is the opinion that the government forwarded to the assembly on
    Wednesday [ 23 June] in response to a motion from the Radicals for
    adopting such a document.

    "The adoption of such a declaration would impact negatively, among
    other things, on bilateral political and economic relations with
    Turkey, which is an important factor in the region and our significant
    foreign political partner," the government maintains. "The adoption of
    the resolution would be counterproductive."

    After the adoption of the Srebrenica Declaration, the SRS [Serbian
    Radical Party] deputies in the assembly moved for the parliament to
    condemn also crimes against Armenians.

    [Translated from Serbian]




    From: A. Papazian
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