Armenian communities in Arabic countries can contribute to genocide recognition in the Islamic world

Right now Lebanon is the only Islamic state that recognized the genocide of Armenian, the expert said. 

Petrosyan said the Armenian genocide has been used recently, mainly in the Near East and North Africa, in Egypt and Syria in particular, in counteracting Turkey’s policy. But the possibility of their acknowledgment of the genocide is still vague, he said. 

The expert said Armenian diplomatic tools are limited in the Arabic Muslim world, particularly due to insufficient resources. Certain measures taken by the Armenian communities in these countries may help bring up the recognition issue, he said. 

Yet, the final outcome will depend on many details, the stance of the neighboring countries, relations with Turkey, and etc., according to the expert. All this reduces the chances for recognition of the Armenian genocide substantially, Petrosyan said. 

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--