By ANC Australia | Wednesday, 13 December 2017
"... in consultation and consensus with the Offices of Dr Richard Di Natale (leader of the Australian Greens), Senator Lee Rhiannon, and David Shoebridge MLC, that I can provide the following responses to your enquiries, which you may regard as both positions of myself as well as the Party I am representing:
1. The Australian Greens recognise the Armenian genocide, including the systematic massacres and forced deportation of 1.5 million Armenians in the final days of the Ottoman Empire. This represents one of the gravest crimes against humanity in modern times and we pay tribute to the memory of the victims.
2. In line with the 25 October 2012 motion by the NSW Legislative Council, the Australian Greens:
a. acknowledges and upholds the importance of the human right to self-determination and a free and a democratic society,
b. recognises the right to self-determination of all peoples including those of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh,
c. notes Nagorno-Karabakh's sustained efforts towards creating a free and democratic society through the use of legitimate parliamentary elections and its continued efforts to develop a responsible government,
d. supports and encourages Nagorno-Karabakh's involvement within the international community and further encourages its engagement with the international community to reach a solution to the existing regional problems to establish peace and stability,
e. encourages peaceful relations and the continued promotion of humanitarian and economic support for the people of Nargona-Karabakh, and
f. calls on the Commonwealth Government to officially recognise the independence of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and strengthen Australia's relationship with Nagorno-Karabakh and its citizens."
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