BASQUE COUNTRY’S PARLIAMENT ADOPTS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CONDEMNING STATEMENT
11:39, 17 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS: The Parliament of the Basque Country
(PaÃs Vasco) on April 16 adopted a statement, condemning the Armenian
Genocide. Armenpress reports, citing the Facebook profile of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia that following
the resolution, adopted in the European Parliament, the Parliament
of the Basque Country demanded from Turkey to recognize the Armenian
Genocide.
The President of the Parliament read the declaration, devoted to the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which states that the
massacres, committed during the World War I, are the most horrible
among the genocides in the history of the humanity, in the result of
which millions of men, women and children were killed and thousands
of refugees fled to other continents and many found shelter in the
countries of the European Union.
“We think that the record, recognition and the establishment of
justice are fundamental values for the progressive and constructive
coexistence of these two nations in the future, as we realize that
the reconciliation can be sustainable only in case of one truth and
one memory”, – says the declaration.