Vyacheslav Kovalenko: `Russia shares the pain and grief of the Armenian people’

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: `The Armenian Genocide is a great
sorrow for the whole humanity. No justification may be found for these
atrocities,’ Russian ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko said
after paying tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the
Armenian Genocide.

He said the tragedy has left a great psychological pain not only on
the Armenian nation, but on the whole humanity. `I am sure that the
whole international community understands and accepts the mass
killings of Armenians as Genocide which is a crime against humanity.
The international community must exert efforts to prevent such
tragedies, and I am sure that clear steps are being undertaken in that
direction. Russia shares the pain and grief of the Armenian people,
recognizing the Armenian Genocide,’ the Russian ambassador said.

More than 20 countries, different international organizations,
including the European Parliament have recognized and condemned the
Armenian Genocide.

Uruguay, Argentina, Cyprus, Russia, Greece, Lebanon, Belgium, Sweden,
Italy, France, Switzerland, Canada, Slovakia, Germany, Netherlands,
Poland, Lithuania, Venezuela, Chile, Vatican and Unrecognized
Catalonian Republic are the ones who condemned the greatest crime of
the 20th century.

About 40 states of America, municipalities of different towns
recognized the crime. The issue on involving resolution condemning the
Armenian Genocide on the agenda of the Israeli Knesset is being
discussed. The number of supporters of the resolution presented in the
US House of Representatives and Senate is increasing.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress