Spain’s San Sebastian officially recognizes Armenian Genocide
18.04.2015,
13:16
Spain’s San Sebastian joined Friday the row of Spanish cities which have officially recognized the fact of Armenian Genocide, the press office of Armenia’s ministry of foreign affairs reported on Saturday.
YEREVAN, April 18. /ARKA/. Spain’s San Sebastian joined Friday the row of Spanish cities which have officially recognized the fact of Armenian Genocide, the press office of Armenia’s ministry of foreign affairs reported on Saturday.
According to the press release, the city council members unanimously voted for the statement condemning the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915.
Armenian Genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.
Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one and a half million Armenians during World War I.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many countries, particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S. states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament. ---0----