YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia adopted unanimously the statement condemning the genocide of the Greeks and Assyrians in the Ottoman Turkey. As reports “Armenpress”, 117 deputies voted for the statement. No against votes and abstentions were registered.

The statement says that the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, guided by the respective principles and provisions of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 96(1) of 11 December 1946, the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, the United Nations Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity of 26 November 1968, as well the international acts on the human rights; recording the centuries-old friendly relations of the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian peoples, states that it condemns the genocide of the Greeks and Assyrians, committed by the Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923.