ARMENIANS OF UKRAINE THANK SWEDISH PARLIAMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2010 12:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenians of Ukraine are thankful to the members
of Parliament of Sweden (the Riksdag) for adoption of a resolution
recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, said Ashot
Avanesyan, President of the National Congress of Armenians of Ukraine.

"We will always remember your historical decision," the Congress said
in a letter to the Riksdag members, Analitika.at.ua reported.

On March 11, the Swedish parliament passed the resolution on
recognition of the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans and
Pontiac Greeks with a vote 131-130.