The head of the Bulgarian Parliament has banned the discussion of the draft resolution on the Armenian Genocide. The discussion was to have taken place on April 24.
In his speech at the Public and Political Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide in Yerevan on April 23, Volen Siderov, a Bulgarian MP, said that the debates on the document were to take place on April 24, but the Parliament has decided to cancel the debates.
The MP claimed that the Bulgarian Parliament's decision was influenced by the Turkish Embassy's pressure. "However, I qualify it as a heavy-handed intervention in the internal affairs of Bulgaria," he said. Siderov added that history cannot be edited or changed, it should be acknowledged to avoid recurrence of dark pages.
To note, Bulgaria itself suffered from the Ottoman oppression. During the Balkan war, numerous prominent Armenians led by Andranik Ozanyan fought on Bulgaria's side against Turkey.