Texas Recognizes Armenian Genocide



Armenia -- People lay flowers at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial,
Yerevan, 24Apr2015


The Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution
recognizing the Armenian Genocide on Friday.

Thus, Texas has become the 46th state in the U.S. to officially
classify and commemorate the 1915-1923 annihilation of Ottoman
Turkey's indigenous Christian Armenian community as genocide, reports
Asbarez.com.

"We are grateful to the Texas House of Representatives for standing on
the right side of history by making their dynamic state the latest
member of our Union to unequivocally and vociferously honor the memory
of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide despite
overwhelming Turkish opposition," remarked Armenian National Committee
of America-Western Region Chair Nora Hovsepian, as quoted by the news
website.

Turkey denies the World War I-era killings of Armenians constituted
genocide. Its government did not immediately react to the resolution
in Texas.