FLEMISH REGION PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

13:17 23/04/2015 >> POLITICS

The Flemish Region Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution
condemning the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire
during the years of World War I and calling on the Turkish government
to recognize it.

The Flemish Region is one of the regions of Belgium. The resolution
was adopted almost unanimously.

Belgium recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1998. The Flemish
Parliament’s resolution came days after the European Parliament
adopted a resolution urging Turkey to recognize the Genocide.

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by Uruguay
(1965), the Republic of Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russia
(1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998),
Italy (2000), Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003),
Slovakia (2004), The Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany
(2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden
(2010), Bolivia (2014). The Armenian Genocide has been recognized
by the Vatican, the European Parliament and the World Council of
Churches. 43 of 50 U.S. states have recognized and condemned the
Armenian Genocide. Parliaments of several European countries have
adopted laws criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

Turkey, however, denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide.

Source: Panorama.am

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress