Draft resolution on Armenian genocide centennial to be discussed at EPP’s summit in Brussels
02.03.2015,
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The draft resolution on the centennial of the Armenian genocide is planned to be discussed at the summit of the European People’s Party (EPP), the press office of Armenia’s ministry of education and science reported.
YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. The draft resolution on the centennial of the Armenian genocide is planned to be discussed at the summit of the European People’s Party (EPP), the press office of Armenia’s ministry of education and science reported.
The summit will take place in Brussels on March 2-4 and will be attended by the deputy head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and minister of education and science Armen Ashotyan.
The draft resolution is elaborated by the RPA, together with Orinats Yerkir and Heritage parties. On February 10, 2012, the RPA obtained an observer’s status in the EPP. The same status was provided also to Orinats Yerkir and Heritage Armenian parties.
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--
