European Parliament Reaffirms its Recognition of Armenian Genocide

12:13, April 16, 2015

Resolution calls on Turkey to "come to terms with its past"

On April 15, the European Parliament once again passed a resolution recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide and called on Turkey to come to terms with its past.

Making reference to other European texts voted on the issue in the recent years, the resolution "pays tribute, on the eve of the Centenary, to the memory of the one-and-a-half million innocent Armenian victims" and calls on Turkey "to come to terms with its past, to recognize the Armenian genocide and thus pave the way for a genuine reconciliation between Turkish and Armenian peoples".

Yesterday's resolution on the Armenian Genocide Centennial was supported by all political groups in the European Parliament.   Read more... (486 words)

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