Polish parliament reportedly recognizes Armenian “genocide”

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
19 Apr 05

[Presenter] Poland has recognized the Armenian genocide. A historic
statement adopted in this connection noted that the Sejm [lower house
of Polish parliament] pays tribute to the victims of the Armenian
genocide committed in Turkey during World War I.

The document also noted that it is the moral duty of all people of
good will to respect and pay tribute to the memory of the genocide
victims and condemn this crime.

[Armenian ambassador to Poland and Baltic states Ashot Ovakimyan from
Warsaw by telephone] The Polish parliament has adopted unanimously a
statement condemning the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey. This is
a very important event in the history of Armenian-Polish relations that
all the MPs of the Polish parliament adopted unanimously this document.

Two [Polish] opposition parties submitted to the Sejm the draft of the
statement a month ago. It was put on the parliament’s agenda yesterday
evening and the document was adopted unanimously without voting.