YEREVAN, 23 ARMENPRESS. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov doesn’t find it appropriate to include the issue of the genocide of the Yazidis in the draft of the statement condemning the genocide of the Greeks and Assyrians in Ottoman Turkey.

 This is what the main speaker during the discussion on the draft of the declaration “On Condemning the Genocide of the Greeks and Assyrians Perpetrated by Ottoman Turkey between 1915 and 1923” at the National Assembly, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said in response to leader of the faction of the Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan’s question and emphasized that even though the initial discussion was on the drafts of two declarations, one of which referred to condemning the genocide of the Yazidis, the adoption of the draft was postponed after discussions with members of the committee and with representatives of the Yazidi community due to insufficient evidence.

 According to Sharmazanov, one would be illiterate to include the genocide of the Yazidis in a declaration condemning the genocide of the Greeks and Assyrians. “I believe the Yazidis deserve to have us adopt a separate declaration condemning their genocide, if there are facts. If they have facts, let them submit those facts, and we’ll discuss them. We have assured them that we’re ready to create a task force comprised of historians and representatives of all the factions of the National Assembly to discuss the issue. We have to treat these issues seriously. The National Assembly of Armenia doesn’t have the right to adopt documents that will cast doubts,” Sharmazanov said. He informed that he had had meetings with representatives of the Yazidi community and had reached an agreement on holding an exhibition at the National Assembly in April-May.