Cablegate: Croatia Condemns Tehran Holocaust-Denial Meeting

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SUBJECT: CROATIA CONDEMNS TEHRAN HOLOCAUST-DENIAL MEETING

1. As a member of the International Task Force on Holocaust
Education, Croatia was associated with the Task Force statement on
the Tehran conference. In addition, the GOC showed how seriously it
takes the issue by issuing a separate December 13 statement.

2. Text of statement: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European
Integration regrets to learn that the government of Iran has
organized a conference in Tehran with the aim of examining the
reality and dimensions of the Holocaust. The Republic of Croatia
condemns the conference, as well as any attempt to deny and
relativise the tragedy of the Holocaust, primarily inappropriate
statements and events which insult the victims and their
descendants. As a country which suffered the horrors of World War
II and as a victim of recent aggression, Croatia considers as
unacceptable statements questioning or denying the right of states
or nations to existence, as well as statements negating historical
facts and the position of the international community on the
Holocaust. As a member of the International Task force on
Education, Remembrance and Research about the Holocaust, Croatia
joins the international community in the condemnation of the
conference. End text.

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