Czech Republic will consider recognition of deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as act of genocide - Pavel
Czech President Peter Pavel will discuss with parliament the recognition of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944 as an act of genocide.
He said this at a briefing in Prague after a visit to Ukraine, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrinform.
According to Pavel, the Crimean Tatars have been oppressed by Russia for a very long time, since Stalin's rule in the USSR. Representatives of this people appealed to the Czech president during his visit to Ukraine to join a number of countries that have condemned the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as an act of genocide.
"In the past, something happened that can be called genocide in good conscience, although in the Soviet Union it was called resettlement... This resettlement had all the hallmarks of genocide," said Pavel and added that he would discuss this issue with members of parliament.
He also recalled that Crimean Tatars supported Czechoslovakia in 1968, after its occupation by the USSR, and Czechs should not forget this.
