ArmenPress, Armenia



Turkey's denial policy is concerning and condemnable, says Deputy
Speaker Eduard Sharmzanov



YEREVAN, JUNE 20, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Eduard
Sharmazanov, who is the head of the Armenia-Greece parliamentary
friendship group, had a meeting on June 19 with Konstantinos Morfidis,
head of the Greek delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) during his visit to Albania.

During the meeting, Sharmazanov attached importance to strengthening
the existing relations between Armenia and Greece and expanding
cooperation areas.

Speaking about cooperation of parliamentary delegations of the two
countries in international structures, the sides attached importance
to the need to support each other.

Sharmazanov expressed hope that the Greek parliament will soon ratify
the EU-Armenia CEPA.

Speaking about the international recognition process of the Armenian
Genocide, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Armenia thanked Greece
for adopting the law on criminalizing the denial of genocides. He
reminded that the Armenian parliament in turn has adopted the
resolution on condemning the 1915-1923 genocide of Greeks and
Assyrians committed by the Ottoman Turkey.

“Armenians and Greeks are peoples who survived genocides. Turkey’s
destructive and denial policy is concerning and condemnable”,
Sharmazanov said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan