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A draft resolution on honoring memory of Armenian genocide victims has been submitted to Ukrainian Parliament

Arminfo, Armenia
Feb 18 2020

ArmInfo. A draft resolution on honoring the memory of the Armenian genocide victims has been submitted to the Ukrainian Parliament

According to AnalitikaUA.net, the legislative initiative of the  People's Deputy of Ukraine from "Servants of the People" faction  Daria Volodina on honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian  Genocide was registered on February 14.

Head of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine Vilen Shatvoryanhas called  the initiative "an important step demonstrating a consistent  commitment to the ideas of humanism, truth and justice."

Three similar initiatives have been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada  over the past 10 years.

In May 2019 Anton Polyakov from the  "Servants of the People" faction   had submitted a draft resolution on Recognition of the Armenian  Genocide.  On June 6, 2013, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered  the Draft Resolution on the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide in  the Ottoman Empire in 1915.  On April 3, 2015, the Parliament  re-registered the draft resolution on the recognition of the genocide  of the Armenians by MP Vitaly Barvinenko.. Dozens of people's  deputies joined the initiative of the parliamentarian.

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