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February 26, 2021 - 12:49 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Dutch Parliament adopted a motion on Thursday, February 25, calling upon the Government to recognize the Armenian Genocide, Armenia s diplomatic mission in The Hague and Luxembourg reports. Almost unanimously, the Dutch Parliament adopted the motion by [lawmaker] Joel Voordewind that calls upon the Government to recognize the Armenian Genocide to promote reconciliation, and prevent its repetition, the Armenian Embassy said in a tweet. Voordewind from the ChristenUnie (Christian Union) - the smallest party in the departing coalition - said earlier that the Dutch government s vague position was absurd . The government still uses the phrase the issue of the Armenian Genocide or speaks of the terrible even.
26 February 2021By AFP
0 min 55Approximate reading time Turkey has slammed as “null and void” a motion passed by the Dutch parliament urging the government to recognise the World War I era killings of Armenians as genocide. The non-binding motion passed in the lower house of the Dutch parliament on Thursday. “This decision … aimed at rewriting history based on political motives is null and void,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. The deaths of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman forces between 1915-1917 are formally recognised as genocide by a number of countries, including France and Russia, but Turkey rejects the description.
The Dutch publication stated that “so far, the cabinet was always careful” to speak of the issue.
The parliamentary majority approved the motion submitted by the Christian Union (ChristenUnie).
According to ChristenUnie parliamentarian Joel Voordewind, it is over 100 years since the genocide and Armenians are still feeling threatened by Turkey. He added that last year, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported Azerbaijan in their fight against Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh. “This aggression must be stopped”, Voordewind said.
And a majority in parliament - PVV, CDA, SP, GroenLinks, SGP, PvdD, 50Plus, FvD, and independent MPs Henk Krol and Femke Van Kooten-Arissen - agree that acknowledging the genocide can help promote reconciliation and prevent another genocide. “That is why it is first of all very important that countries speak out clearly. A large majority in parliament calls on the Dutch government to finally do this”, Voordewind said. The motion will be p
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