VICE SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT AND HIS BELARUSIAN COUNTERPART DISCUSS PROSPECTS FOR BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENT'S RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
ARMINFO
Friday, July 12, 11:40
Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov and his
Belarusian counterpart Viktor Guminsky discussed the prospects for
the Belarusian Parliament's recognition of the Armenian Genocide in
the Ottoman Empire.
Sharmazanov said that the year 2015 will mark the centenary of the
Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. "The non-recognition and denial
of the Armenian Genocide paved the way to nazism and fascism", said
Sharmazanov. He expressed hope that the Parliament of Belarus will
touch on this issue.
During the meeting the sides also pointed out the need to promote the
Armenian-Byelorussian cooperation, as well as the interaction between
the two countries' parliaments within both the CIS Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
ARMINFO
Friday, July 12, 11:40
Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov and his
Belarusian counterpart Viktor Guminsky discussed the prospects for
the Belarusian Parliament's recognition of the Armenian Genocide in
the Ottoman Empire.
Sharmazanov said that the year 2015 will mark the centenary of the
Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. "The non-recognition and denial
of the Armenian Genocide paved the way to nazism and fascism", said
Sharmazanov. He expressed hope that the Parliament of Belarus will
touch on this issue.
During the meeting the sides also pointed out the need to promote the
Armenian-Byelorussian cooperation, as well as the interaction between
the two countries' parliaments within both the CIS Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.