EPP’s resolution is a serious blow to Turkish denialist policy- deputy chairman of ruling party says

YEREVAN, March 3. / ARKA /. The deputy chairman of the governing Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan commended today the European People's Party for adopting a resolution reaffirming  its recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide. 

In an interview with Sputnik-Armenia radio station, Ashotyan said the resolution has dealt a serious blow to Turkey.

The resolution says the  Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by the Young Turk Government in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, is duly documented by incontrovertible evidence housed in the official archives of France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and other nations around the world. 

‘It resulted not only in the death and dispossession of more than two million human beings but also in the decimation of the Armenian patrimony, its ways of life, and its foundational contributions to Western culture and world civilization,’ it says.

"It is clear that today's resolution has dealt  quite a serious blow to Turkey, however, its real purpose is to help the Turkish society in building a European future and reconciling with its own history which is necessary for establishing normal relations with its neighbors, said Ashotyan.

"I think that the resolution could be used as  a good tool for the international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide… It will become another major platform for our diplomats and other officials in the implementation of further steps for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide," said Ashotyan.

Ashotyan said the EPP confirmed that European policy is based on certain values. "It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the resolution, taking into consideration EPP’s  leading role in all the structures of the European Union. The fact that three Armenian parties (Republican Party of Armenia, Country of Law and Heritage) have observer status in the EPP, also played a role,”  said Ashotyan. -0-