Georgian MPs Call on The Parliament to Recognize Armenian Genocide

• 12.05.2017, 23:36
•  Region,  Armenia

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Deputies of the Regional Assembly of Akhalkalaki from the party "Alliance of Patriots of Georgia" have adopted a statement calling on the Georgian authorities to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Rusarminfo reports.

In a statement, the deputies Zakar Zakaryan, Samvel Petrosyan, Gennady Elizabaryan, Simon Mananyan and Sarkis Uzunyan call on the country's parliament to follow the example of many developed countries, recognize and condemn the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

The authors of the document also urge the Georgian MPs from the Javakhk region populated by the Armenians to raise the issue of recognition of the Genocide at the upcoming plenary session of the country's legislative body.