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Dutch parliament recognizes 1915 Armenian ‘genocide’
The Dutch parliament has voted to recognize the deaths of Armenians during World War I as genocide.
The decision is likely to enrage Turkey amid already strained relations with the Netherlands
- Chase Winter (with AFP, dpa)
- DW
The Dutch parliament has overwhelmingly voted to recognize the World War I massacre of Armenians as genocide, in a vote that may stoke further tensions with Turkey.
Dutch lawmakers voted 142 to 3 “that parliament in no uncertain terms speak about the Armenian genocide.”
It also voted to send a cabinet representative to Armenia in April for the…