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To The Prime Minister, The Foreign Secretary, The Minister for Europe (Ms Caroline Flint), Mr David Cameron MP, Mr William Hague MP, Mr Nick Clegg MP, Mr Ed Davey MP, Mr Alex Salmond MP, Mr Adam Price MP

Armenia Solidarity
Nor Serount Cultural Association

Dear Sir,
This week we mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Great Betrayal of Armenians and Assyrians in the Mudros armistice with Turkey (30th October 1918). We ask you to consider what measures of restitution are suitable. The lack of a homeland for Assyrians and the continued Turkish control of Western Armenia is a direct result of the armistice. The Assyrians in particular have been subjected to subsequent massacres emanating from Britain’s hand in the creation of Iraq, a centralised state without provision for the protection of minorities. It is indicative of our selective amnesia about our past responsibilities that only two MPs have signed the EDM on the 75th anniversary of the Simel massacre of Assyrians in 1933 soon after the end of the British Mandate.
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