Slutskiy – “We will call on the entire clearheaded world to recognize and condemn the genocide”
30.03.2015,
14:27
The Russian delegation will call on the entire clear-headed global community to recognize and condemn the genocide of Armenian during the genocide centennial commemoration events, the head of the Russian State Duma commission for CIS affairs and Eurasian integration Leonid Slutskiy said in Giumry on Sunday, Novosti-Armenia reported.
YEREVAN, March 30. /ARKA/.The Russian delegation will call on the entire clear-headed global community to recognize and condemn the genocide of Armenian during the genocide centennial commemoration events, the head of the Russian State Duma commission for CIS affairs and Eurasian integration Leonid Slutskiy said in Giumry on Sunday, Novosti-Armenia reported.
A truly representative Russian delegation will arrive in Armenia headed by president Vladimir Putin to participate in the genocide commemoration events, Slutskiy said.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states. It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. –0--
