AUSTRIA RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
April 21, 2015 13:22
EXCLUSIVE
Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Austrian parliament today adopted a resolution
condemning the Armenian Genocide.
As Bedo Demirdjian, Communications and PR Officer at European
Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) told Mediamax’s
correspondent, the joint statement adopted by 6 political parties
represented in the Austrian parliament notes that the mass killings
of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago were “a genocide”.
“The resolution also points out Austria’s moral responsibility
for recognizing the Armenian Genocide as during the World War I,
Austria-Hungary and German Empire were the allies of the Ottoman
Turkey”, said Bedo Demirdjian.
He added that the Austrian MPs will respect the memory of the Armenian
Genocide victims with a moment of silence tomorrow.
According to Bedo Demirdjian, on April 24, the Austrian official
delegation in Yerevan will be represented by Austria’s Ambassador
to Armenia.
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