Ukrainian Professor Supports The Bill Recognizing Armenian Genocide

UKRAINIAN PROFESSOR SUPPORTS THE BILL RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

21:00, 28 June, 2013

YEREVAN, JUNE 28, ARMENPRESS: Candidate of philological sciences,
professor of journalism institute of Kiev National university
after Taras Shevchenko Nikita Vasilenko expressed his support
to the imitative of recognizing Armenian genocide by Ukrainian
Rada. “Armenpress” reports that the professor in an interview given to
“Analitika.at.ua” mentioned that the recognition of Armenian genocide
is necessary for each civil country. “I am sure that recognition of
Armenian genocide is necessary as that fact has been confirmed by
many international organizations, became a document and confirmed by
the witnesses of the tragedy,” he said.

The bill recognizing Armenian genocide was registered in Ukrainian
Parliament on June 6. The authors of the bill are deputies Vilen
Shatvoryan from “Party of Regions” and Arsen Avakov.

The initiative of Ukrainian parliamentarians was also supported by
Armenian foreign affairs ministry. At the same time the authors of
the initiative, Ukrainian intellectuals and experts perform actively
with speeches calling the parties represented in Parliament recognize
the  fact of Armenian genocide.

Armenian genocide has officially been recognized by Canada, Cyprus,
Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Poland, Lithuania,
Chile, Slovakia, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Netherlands, Belgium,
Vatican, Lebanon and most of states of USA.