ARMENIA’S HERITAGE PARTY PROPOSES TO ADOPT GENOCIDE RESOLUTION AHEAD OF COMMEMORATION DAY
YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. Armenian “Heritage” opposition party
proposed to hold a special session in the parliament and adopt the
statement on the centenary of the Armenian genocide before April 24
when it is commemorated, head of Heritage faction Ruben Hakobyan said
on Friday.
On Thursday, Armenia’s parliament discussed the draft resolution on the
genocide calling on all parliaments and international organizations to
recognize and condemn the genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in
1915. But the resolution can be passed only during the next four-day
session due to start on April 27.
The Heritage faction urged the speaker to call a special session for
passing the resolution ahead of April 24, Hakobyan said, as cited
by Novosti-Armenia.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century.
According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million
Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by
the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first
was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France,
Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina,
42 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the
World Council of Churches and other international organizations. –0–