YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish media reacted with delay at the adoption of bill on the Armenian Genocide recognition by the two chambers of the Bolivian Parliament. As reports “Armenpress”, the Turkish media cited the words of the Deputy President of the Senate of Bolivia, the President-in-Office of the Senate Zonia Guardia Melgar, who stated that the adopted bill is in full conformity with the Bolivian Constitution.

The Turkish dokuz8haber.com had put forward an interesting observation stating that there is no Armenian population and Armenian Embassy in Bolivia. Another Turkish media, turkiyegazetesi.com, highlighted that the Armenian Diaspora and Armenia make huge efforts for the Armenian Genocide recognition advancing the 100th anniversary.

Previously it was reported that on November 30, after the Sunday Mass at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Buenos Aires, the ceremony of handing over the documents on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 committed by the Ottoman Empire, by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia to Vahagn Melikyan, the Ambassador of Armenia to Argentina, and His Eminence Archbishop Gisak Muradyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Argentina took place.

The Deputy President of the Senate of Bolivia, the President-in-Office of the Senate Zonia Guardia Melgar and a member of the Chamber of Deputies Farides Walla Suarez de Suarez were invited to the event as special guests.

In her speech Mrs. Zonia Melgar, touching upon the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Parliament of Bolivia, stressed that the people and the authorities of Bolivia not only express their solidarity and support to the Armenian people for the sake of the struggle for justice, but also condemn any demonstration of denial of the fact of the Armenian Genocide implemented by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. She also underlined that only through the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide it will be possible to prevent the repetition of such crimes in the life of peoples and states.

In his speech Ambassador Melikyan in the name of the Government of the Republic of Armenia expressed deep gratitude towards the people and authorities of Bolivia regarding this important and historic event. According to the Ambassador, this recognition by Bolivia on the eve of the 100th Centenary of the Armenian Genocide opens a new page in the process of the international recognition and condemnation of Armenian Genocide and once again proves that the denialist policy is not in power to struggle against the establishment of justice and truth.

In the documents, adopted by the two chambers of the Bolivian Parliament, it is particularly stated that, “on the night of 24 April 1915 the government of the Ottoman Empire, the leadership of the “Unity and Progress” party, the Young Turks started the arrests and planned deportations of the Armenian intelligentsia, politicians, scientists, writers, artists, priests, doctors, public figures and specialists, and afterwards the large-scale massacres of the Armenian civilian population on the territories of the historic Western Armenia and Anatolia.”

The two chambers of the Parliament “confirm their adherence to human rights, the values of truth and justice, express their support and condemn the denialist policy towards the Armenian Genocide and the grave crime against the Armenian people.”