The letter by Australian Foreign Minister voiced on SBS Radio World View program, government did not say the word “genocide” to label 1915 events, Nouvelles d’Arménie magazine reads.

Australia, unlike three MPs – Maxine McKew, Paul Fletcher and Joe Hockey, supports creation of historians’ commission offered by Ankara in Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

President of Armenian National Committee of Australia Varant Meguerditchian commented on the statement by Premier Kevin Rudd, that criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for backing creation of commission to study Holocaust.

Meguerditchian accused Rudd of using double standards in human rights policy carried out by Australian government. ANC Australia drew up a petition saying that Armenian Genocide is recognized by numerous parliaments worldwide.

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