Armenia: Genocide

(asked on 4th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their position on the recognition of the Armenian genocide.


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 18th November 2020

The events of 1915-1916 were a tragic episode in the history of the Armenian people and they must never be forgotten. The UK Government of the day condemned the massacres and this Government fully endorses that view. The policy of the UK Government is that any judgment on whether genocide has occurred is a matter for judicial decision, rather than for governments. We do not have plans to review the position on the determination of genocide.

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