ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Labor Party (İP) leader Doğu Perinçek said on Monday that they were conducting an international campaign against Armenian genocide claims, noting that the Swiss Senate withdrawing a resolution supporting the allegations was a huge success.
Perinçek said at a press conference that incidents which occurred in 1915 Turkey had no place in the Swiss Parliament and that the Swiss decision to withdraw the bill confirmed this fact.
He said soon after his brief detention by Swiss authorities for publicly denying Armenian genocide claims, the Swiss Parliament made their decision, adding that this was a huge success for the İP.
He said the resolution's withdrawal provided a great opportunity to expand the fight against the allegations to other European capitals. “Let's make sure these imperialist laws are difficult to implement,” said the party leader.
He said this was an example that Turkish foreign policy could achieve its objectives. “We will continue our fight to rescind a law on genocide passed by the Swiss Parliament. I will go to each Swiss canton and challenge this law.”