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YEREVAN,
APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. President of Atour Assyrian Association of Armenia
Arsen Mikhayilov sees preconditions that sooner or later Turkey will recognize
the Armenian Genocide.
He
told Armenpress in the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial that time will come when the
world will stand up, and Turkey will have to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
“What
Turkey did at the state level against Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks in the
early 20th century is a barbarism. We condemn it and must raise our voice so
that the world will see what in reality happened and will recognize the
Armenian Genocide. We all are demanding in this matter”, he said.
Mikhayilov
stated that almost the entire Assyrian community visited the Tsitsernakaberd
Memorial on April 24 to pay tribute to the memory of the Genocide victims.
The
Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman government has been documented,
recognized and acknowledged by eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions and the
decisions of numerous states and international organizations.
There
are numerous documents considering the massacres of the Armenian people as a
pre-planned and thoroughly implemented act of genocide. Organizations like the
Council of Europe, the European Parliament, a number of UN Committees, the
World Council of Churches, MERCOSUR parliament and others acknowledged the
Armenian Genocide.
Many
countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide: Uruguay is the first country
that acknowledged the Genocide in 1965. The following countries have condemned
and recognized the massacre of Armenians as a genocide based on international
law: France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland,
Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina (2 laws, 5
resolutions), Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, Vatican, Austria, Luxembourg,
Germany, Australia’s state of New South Wales, 45 US states.
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