Duma issues statement on 90th anniversary of Armenian genocide
By Ivan Novikov
ITAR-TASS News Agency
April 22, 2005 Friday
MOSCOW, April 22 — Russia’s State Duma has issued a statement in
connection with the 90th anniversary of the genocide of Armenians in
Ottoman Turkey.
The draft statement proposed by the Duma’s CIS affairs and Russian
diaspora relations committee was backed by all of the 310 legislators
present in the conference hall.
In part, the statement says that “in connection with the 90th
anniversary of Armenian genocide, which was one of the most tragic
and cruel events in the history of the 20th century, the State Duma
expresses its deep sympathy to the Armenian people.”
The State Duma “strongly condemns this act of genocide and believes
that the 90th anniversary of this event must be properly marked by
the entire international community.”