Early day motion · EDM 963 · 4 Apr 1995

TURKISH BLOCKADE OF ARMENIA

Tabled by Anthony Coombs (Conservative) 35 signatures

The motion

That this House notes that 24th April 1995 marks the 80th anniversary of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turkey; condemns this crime; calls upon the Turkish Government to acknowledge that this massacre took place; condemns Turkey's blockade of humanitarian aid to the Republic of Armenia; and calls on European union leaders to apply political and economic pressure on the Turkish authorities to bring about lifting this blockade.

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