YEREVAN, MAY 15, ARMENPRESS. There is no doubt about the Armenian Genocide from the historical viewpoint and Poland has recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide.  In a conversation with “Armenpress”, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to the Republic of Armenia Zdislav Racinsky highlighted this fact and noted that it seems that there are political problems and different interpretations regarding that horrible events in Turkey, due to which Turkey adheres to other standpoint on this issue.

Notwithstanding, one can feel changes in Turkey as well and in this regard the Ambassador highlighted the statement made by the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 23. According to Zdislav Racinsky this is the first time Turkey makes such a gesture.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican and Australia.