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Sat, 03/12/2011 - 09:48
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Spanish Foreign Relations Committee rejects Armenian Genocide bill
Baku, March 12 (AzerTAc). The Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament of Spain did not put the Armenian Genocide bill on its agenda.
The bill was submitted by the Republican Left of Catalonia. The Basque Nationalist Party voted for the bill. On the other hand, the Spanish Partido Popular, Socialist Workers` Party, People`s Party and Convergence and Union, as well as Navarrese People`s Union voted against the bill.
At the Committee`s sitting, Isabel Pozuelo, speaker of the ruling Socialist Workers` Party said Spain was not interested in recognizing the Armenia-related events that occurred about 100 years ago. She said Armenia`s strained relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey isolated it from regional projects, including Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad project. She also touched upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying first of all official Yerevan must try to resolve this problem.
The bill was submitted by the Republican Left of Catalonia. The Basque Nationalist Party voted for the bill. On the other hand, the Spanish Partido Popular, Socialist Workers` Party, People`s Party and Convergence and Union, as well as Navarrese People`s Union voted against the bill.
At the Committee`s sitting, Isabel Pozuelo, speaker of the ruling Socialist Workers` Party said Spain was not interested in recognizing the Armenia-related events that occurred about 100 years ago. She said Armenia`s strained relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey isolated it from regional projects, including Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad project. She also touched upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying first of all official Yerevan must try to resolve this problem.
