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Marianna Mkrtchyan

Ex-president promises further efforts for international recognition  of Armenian Genocide in case of coming to power 

 Ex-president promises further efforts for international recognition  of Armenian Genocide in case of coming to power 

ArmInfo.  Robert Kocharyan, Armenia's second president and the country's prime ministerial candidate from the Armenia bloc, noted that if he comes to power, his  team will continue his efforts for international recognition of the  Armenian Genocide.

"One of the programmatic provisions of the Armenia bloc is unwavering  support for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide:  nothing will be forgotten," Kocharyan wrote on social media.  It  should be noted that on April 24, 1915, in Constantinople, the  capital of the Ottoman Empire, the extermination of Armenian subjects  of the empire began. It began with the arrests of representatives of  the Armenian intelligentsia-writers and poets, architects and  parliamentarians-and then escalated into the complete extermination  of Armenians. As a result of these actions by the Turkish  authorities, more than 1.5 million Armenians were deported, starved,  and tortured to death.

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by the Council of Europe  (1998, 2001), the European Parliament (1987, 2000, 2002, 2005), the  UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of  Minorities[7], the World Council of Churches, the Parliamentary  Coalition of South American Countries (Mercosur), and the Parliament  of Latin America (2015).

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by many  countries and influential international organizations. The Parliament  of Uruguay was the first to officially recognize and condemn the mass  killings of Armenians (1965). The extermination of Armenians has been  officially recognized as genocide (under international law) and  condemned by: Austria (joint statement of the chairmen of  parliamentary factions, 2015), Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions;  2004, 2007), Armenia (1964 as part of the USSR, 1988, 1990), Belgium  (1998, 2015), Bulgaria (2007, 2015), Bolivia (2014), Brazil (2015),  Vatican City (2015), Venezuela (2005), Germany (2016), Greece (1996),  Italy (2000, 2019), Canada (1996, 2002, 2004), Cyprus (1975, 1982),  Latvia (2021), Lebanon (1997), Libya (2019); On April 18, 2019, the  Interim Government of Libya adopted a resolution recognizing the  Armenian Genocide. Lithuania (2005), Luxembourg (2015), Netherlands  (2004, 2018), Paraguay (2015), Poland (2005), Portugal (2019), Russia  (1995), Syria (2020), Slovakia (2004), USA (2019, 2021); On April 24,  2021, US President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenian  Genocide. Uruguay (1965), France (1998, 2000, 2001, 2006), Czech  Republic (2015, 2017, 2020), Chile (2007), Switzerland (2003), Sweden  (2010). Turkey continues its policy of denial of this crime against  humanity.  

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