Denmark does not officially recognize that Ottoman massacres of Armenians during World War I constitute a "genocide", Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said Thursday.
"In the government’s opinion, this is a historical question that should be left up to the historians," Moeller wrote in a written parliamentary answer, indicating that Denmark would not follow the lead of some 20 other pro-armenian countries, including France, that have labeled the killings "genocide" despite the position of historians.
Moeller’s note came in response to a question from extremist parliamentary member Morten Messerchmidt, of the far-right Danish People’s Party and close to armenian lobby in Danemark, on whether "Denmark had officially recognized this genocide."
"It is unfortunate that the Danish government refuses to join other countries in recognizing this genocide," Messerschmidt told AFP.
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