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2005 Was Important for International Recognition of Armenian Genocide
PanARMENIAN.Net/ In 2005 Lithuania, Holland, Venezuela and Poland joined the countries, which recognized the Armenian Genocide, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated at today's news conference on the results of the MFA activities in 2005. In his words, Russian State Duma again reaffirmed the resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide adopted earlier. Argentinean Senate passed two statements denouncing the Armenian Genocide, German Bundestag adopted a special resolution on the events in 1915 and Germany’s involvement in these. US State of Kansas also passed a respective decision. According to the Armenian FM, the problem of the Armenian Genocide being withdrawn from the topics «banned» in Turkey was a direct consequence of the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 2005. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed forming a commission of historians at a Turkish Parliament session past year, while a conference scientists recognizing the Armenian Genocide was organized at Bilgi University in Turkey.
In V. Oskanian's words, the need to properly acknowledge the Armenian Genocide is becoming more specified in the course of Turkey's accession to the EU as a demand «to put up with own history.» The provision was mentioned in the European Parliament Report on Turkey's Progress dated 28 September 2005. The Armenian FM remarked the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was marked at the international level in 2005. V. Oskanian highlighted the scientific conference Ultimate Crime, Ultimate Challenge: Human Rights and Genocide in Yerevan in April. Scholars, experts and political scientists from 20 countries, including Turkey, took part in it.