Germany’s foreign ministry is sending a clear message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of his Wednesday speech to the United Nations – don’t deny the Holocaust.
If the rogue Iranian leaders does in fact make such a statement before the General Assembly, German diplomats will walk out. And Germany wants other European Union countries to follow, the foreign ministry was quoted by Reuters.
“We will leave the hall if President Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust or makes anti-Semitic statements … we are making efforts towards a unified European position,” a spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
As recently as last week, Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust a lie, repeating the inflammatory statement as world powers weigh how to deal with Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Stating that the Holocaust did not occur during World War Two is a crime in Germany. Last week Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemned Ahmadinejad’s most recent denial and called him a disgrace to his country, Reuters reported.
(Source: Fox News)
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how about walking out when ahminejad walks out on netyanyahu (as they do every year)
Although I commend Germany for such an action, I don’t think Ahmadinejad gives a hoot if people walk out. On the contrary, it shows how much power he has and it adds to more publicity for him from the media.
It would be much more effective if many countries would declare that they aren’t showing up at all. An empty auditorium may send a message to the General Assembly that Ahmadinejad is not “good for business.”
y on earth is he given a forum? would you let hitler come if he bore the name “statesman” ?when will the world forget about political correctness and act with spine?
Since I can remember most of the UN would badmouth and vote against Israel. Now an evil dictator keeps coming to the UN and they are forced to listen to his foolishness. The UN is getting what they truly deserve: The embodiment of all their anti semitism and arrogance and falsehoods all in one person. And he appears ugly to them if not clownish also.
YWN-rachmanus. The picture is distasteful, to say the least. Have an option to put a block over it or something…