Luxemburg became on Wednesday the latest country to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire with a resolution unanimously adopted by its parliament.
Noting similar moves by the European Parliament and a "growing number" of countries around the world, the tiny European state's Chamber of Deputies said it believes the slaughter of some 1.5 million Armenians constituted genocide. It said it is therefore "joining in the commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian genocide in the spirit of European solidarity and justice."
The resolution goes on to praise Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu for offering their condolences to descendants of Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Turks. But it says Ankara should go further and explicitly recognize the massacres as genocide.
Armenian News
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