Feb 26 2021 12:27 Gmt+3
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Turkey slammed on Friday a Dutch parliamentary motion calling on the government to recognise the mass killings of ethnic Armenians during the First World War as a genocide.
The motion was passed by the Netherland’s House of Representatives on Thursday, alongside a call for the release of Armenia prisoners captured during the recent conflict with Azerbaijan.
“The motions were adopted by the majority of votes (sic). Only the pro-Turkish faction (3 MPs) voted against,” Mato Hakhverdian President of the Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands, told news outlet Armen Press.
But Turkish officials said the Dutch parliament was “detached from reality”.
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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. The Federation of Armenian Organizations in the Netherlands (FAON) welcomes the motion of MP Joël Voordewind (ChristenUnie), which explicitly calls on the government to recognize the Armenian Genocide, the FAON told Armenpress.