Latvian lawmakers to discuss room for issuing statement on Armenian genocide
18.03.2015,
18:50
Latvian lawmakers will discuss room for issuing a statement on Armenian Genocide, Eduard Sharmazanov, vice-speaker at Armenia's National Assembly, told journalists on Wednesday presenting them the results of his official week-long tour to Baltic countries.
YEREVAN, March 18. /ARKA/. Latvian lawmakers will discuss room for issuing a statement on Armenian Genocide, Eduard Sharmazanov, vice-speaker at Armenia's National Assembly, told journalists on Wednesday presenting them the results of his official week-long tour to Baltic countries.
He was quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that the parliaments of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have organized exhibitions dedicated to the centenary of Armenian Genocide.
Sharmazanov traveled to these countries at the invitation of his Baltic colleagues.
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----
