The leader of the Australian Green Party, Adam Bandt, threw his support behind the effort to push for official recognition of the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Genocides,
Greek Reporter reports.
Bandt joined the Joint Justice Initiative which was launched in February 2020 at Australia’s Parliament House. The kickoff event featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Armenian National Committee of Australia, the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Australian Hellenic Council, which declares Australia’s recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides as a priority on behalf of their communities.
On February 25, 2020, over 100 Federal Australian MPs, diplomats, political staffers, and community leaders were present at the launch of the Joint Justice Initiative.
They were treated to cultural performances from representatives of these cultural groups as well as the historic signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, which affirmed that the signatory public affairs representatives of the three communities were jointly committed to seeing Australia recognize the Turkish-committed Genocides against the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
