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    FLEMISH REGION PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    13:17 23/04/2015 >> POLITICS

    The Flemish Region Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution
    condemning the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire
    during the years of World War I and calling on the Turkish government
    to recognize it.

    The Flemish Region is one of the regions of Belgium. The resolution
    was adopted almost unanimously.

    Belgium recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1998. The Flemish
    Parliament's resolution came days after the European Parliament
    adopted a resolution urging Turkey to recognize the Genocide.

    The Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by Uruguay
    (1965), the Republic of Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russia
    (1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998),
    Italy (2000), Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003),
    Slovakia (2004), The Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany
    (2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden
    (2010), Bolivia (2014). The Armenian Genocide has been recognized
    by the Vatican, the European Parliament and the World Council of
    Churches. 43 of 50 U.S. states have recognized and condemned the
    Armenian Genocide. Parliaments of several European countries have
    adopted laws criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

    Turkey, however, denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide.

    Source: Panorama.am



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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