Recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey in 1915 by Lithuania is another step towards international recognition of this horrible crime, said Head of parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutiun Levon Mkrtchyan to a REGNUM correspondent.
According to Mkrtchyan, it is very important from the political point of view that another EU country recognized Armenian genocide, and that understanding of the horrible character of this crime has spread Eastern Europe.
Head of the Republican Party faction Galust Saakyan also expressed his gratitude and satisfaction with this decision and added that the world understood that without this recognition they could face serious problems.
Head of the Defense, National Security and Interior Affairs Parliamentary Commission, member of Orinats Erkir party Mger Shakhgeldyan noted that “the process of the recognition of historical justice has a worldwide coverage and is irreversible”. He added that this decision is especially important to parliaments of Scandinavian and Baltic countries.
As REGNUM earlier reported, on December 15 the Lithuanian parliament passed by a majority the resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The resolution condemns the events of 1915 and calls Turkey to recognize the Genocide.
The resolution condemns the events of 1915 and calls Turkey to recognize the Genocide.
The voting was held in the evening of Thursday. 55 of 141 MPs participated in the debates on the resolution. As a result, 48 deputies voted for the resolution, 3 abstained from voting, no one voted against.
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