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J.J. VAN AARTSEN DENIES THE AZERBAIJANI DISINFORMATION
Aysor.am
Wednesday,November 03, 2010
In response to recent reports in the Azerbaijani media regarding
the decision of The Hague to refrain from setting up a monument
commemorating the Armenian Genocide J.J. Van Aartsen appeared with
a denial letter.
"To my great regret I read in a conscious newspaper
(http://www.today.az/news/politics/74347.html) article that I have
personally rejected the request for the monument as a result of
20,000 signatures gathered by the NATCV against the placement of
the monument. I deeply regret this incorrect reporting, given the
fact that both parties have been informed several times by letter
and phone on the conscious question and that the request by NATCV
for delivery of the collected signatures are not accepted.
The letter also reads that the above decision of the Municipal
Executive of The Hague was already taken before the summer and is
entirely separate from the collected signatures by NATCV and in 2001
in Assen a monument was erected to support remembrance of the families
of the victims of the Armenian genocide.
However the Armenian-Netherlandish organization, the
Armenian-Netherlandish Federation and the Commission of the Armenian
Case are not pleased with the argumentation of the mayor of not
setting up a monument and now discuss the future steps.
From: A. Papazian
Aysor.am
Wednesday,November 03, 2010
In response to recent reports in the Azerbaijani media regarding
the decision of The Hague to refrain from setting up a monument
commemorating the Armenian Genocide J.J. Van Aartsen appeared with
a denial letter.
"To my great regret I read in a conscious newspaper
(http://www.today.az/news/politics/74347.html) article that I have
personally rejected the request for the monument as a result of
20,000 signatures gathered by the NATCV against the placement of
the monument. I deeply regret this incorrect reporting, given the
fact that both parties have been informed several times by letter
and phone on the conscious question and that the request by NATCV
for delivery of the collected signatures are not accepted.
The letter also reads that the above decision of the Municipal
Executive of The Hague was already taken before the summer and is
entirely separate from the collected signatures by NATCV and in 2001
in Assen a monument was erected to support remembrance of the families
of the victims of the Armenian genocide.
However the Armenian-Netherlandish organization, the
Armenian-Netherlandish Federation and the Commission of the Armenian
Case are not pleased with the argumentation of the mayor of not
setting up a monument and now discuss the future steps.
From: A. Papazian