The Assyrian Democratic Organization
By Nora Vosbigian
London – armeniancommunity — The two major Armenian political action groups in the United Kingdom have agreed to formally recognise the Assyrian Genocide.
They will henceforth work for the common recognition of the Assyrian and Armenian genocides of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey. These declarations were made by Raffi Sarkissian, a local ARF leader and head of Campaign for the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide (CRAG), as well as Bagrat Nazarian, a leading member of Armenian Solidarity, a coalition of British Armenian organisations who are currently pressing an Early Day Motion in the British Parliament on the Armenian Genocide, as well as erecting an Armenian Genocide monument at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, Wales.
Mr. Nazarian also took the opportunity to request full Assyrian representation at the unveiling ceremony of the Armenian [and Assyrian?] Genocide monument in Wales next month. Also present were the British head of the ANC (UK), as well as the first secretary of the Armenian Embassy.
This new development for better Armenian–Assyrian relations in the United Kingdom took place during a lecture by Sabri A taman at Assyrian House in London . Mr. Ataman’s lecture was on the plight of Assyrians in Ottoman and modern Turkey in light of Turkey ‘s drive to join the European Union. Mr. Atama’s was delighted by the happy outcome of his lecture.
