Tuesday, June 5 2018 12:34

ArmInfo. The issue of recognition of the Armenian Genocide is of priority importance for Armenia. The press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan stated this during a briefing on June 5, commenting on the situation in the Israeli Knesset on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

According to the representative of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the  recognition of the crime of genocide is the process of supremacy of  universal values and human rights confirmation, designed to exclude  the repetition of new crimes against humanity regardless of internal  political and geopolitical processes. "This issue is of top priority  for Armenia, and we will continue to play a leading role in the  efforts of the international community in this direction," he said,  and in this context added that the dozens of documents adopted at  various international venues indicate that the process of  international recognition of the Genocide Armenians is irreversible.

To note, on May 23, the Knesset approved a proposal to hold a plenary  discussion on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. However, the  Speaker of the Knesset, Julius Edelshtein, withdrew the consideration  of the parliament on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in  order to avoid embarrassment, since it was not clear whether the  majority would support this decision.

It is noteworthy that Edelstein himself for many years, including  last week, repeatedly stated that he supports the recognition of the  Armenian Genocide. At the same time, the leader of the Meretz party,  Tamar Zandberg, who made a proposal to the Knesset, accused Edelstein  of putting politics above morality.  "The Knesset must fulfill its  promise, this is a matter of historical justice," Meretz leader said.  It should be noted that discussions in the Knesset were initiated  against the backdrop of the deterioration of relations between Turkey  and Israel.

Moreover, Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Binyamin  Netanyahu accepted the recommendations of the country's foreign  policy department to postpone the discussion in the Knesset  (parliament) of the bill on recognition of the Armenian Genocide  until the completion of the early parliamentary elections scheduled  for June 24 in Turkey.