Wednesday, April 26 2017 16:16

ArmInfo.The recognition of the historical fact of Armenian Genocide became one of the most important events of the recent times between Armenia and Czech  Republic, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the  Czech Republic to Armenia Petr Mikyska in an interview with ArmInfo  correspondent. He recalled that the President of the Czech Republic,  Milos Zeman, having addressed the initiative to the Parliament of the  country, thereby kept his promise given during his official visit to  Armenia in June 2016.

According to the Ambassador, the offer of the President to the  Parliament to recognize the Armenian Genocide was included in the  agenda of the legislator in 2016 and passing successfully the  resistance of the those somehow connected with Turkish politics, was  adopted unanimously: 104 voted for and none against.  The Ambassador  reminded that before yesterday, the resolution on Genocide, yet in  2015, was approved only by the Committee for Foreign Policy of the  Parliament and yesterday received a high state status. The Ambassador  noted with satisfactory that not only the Parties forming ruling  coalition (ANO Movement, Social Democrats and Christian Democrats),  but also opposition forces (TRP 09 and the Civil Democratic Party).  The Ambassador expressed his deep satisfaction that 'Czech Republic  has at last reached the state recognition of the fact of that  historical tragedy of the Armenian Nation'. He noted that the  recognition supporters in the Parliament have at last chosen the  right moment- the next day of the sorrow date of April 24, to adopt  the resolution, receiving no vote against. 'It is a rear phenomenon  in our Parliament, when important state documents are adopted  unanimously', noted the Diplomat. He reminded that it was not the  first try to pass the resolution of the Armenian Genocide in the  Parliament, it was not easy to do. 

To note, Head of the Czech party TRP 09 (Tradition Responsibility  Prosperity 09), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of  the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Policy Karel Schwarzenberg,  who was in Armenia not once and all the time stating the necessity of  passing the resolution, commenting on the event to Czech Media, noted  with irony that he would like to see the 'Erdogan's noise'. According  to independent observers, such a unanimous adoption of the resolution  by the Czech Parliament may be connected not only with the  understanding of the importance of recognizing this historical  factfrom the point of view of historical justice, but also with the  natural reaction of the Czech and European politics to the Turkish  President Erdogan's behaviour, emasculating the principles of the  Democracy in his country and setting authoritarian power.