YEREVAN, JULY 8, ARMENPRESS. Austria should have recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide long ago, being a state that witnessed it during World War I. As Armenpress reports citing the official website of the Central Board of Armenian National Committee, Austria’s Ambassador Ursula Fahringer expressed such a point during a meeting with the delegation of the Armenian National Committee of Lebanon. The representatives of the Armenian National Committee thanked the ambassador for the Austrian parliament’s stance on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian side stressed that during World War I the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was the ally of the Ottoman Empire and for that reason Austria should recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide. It is planned to pay similar visits to the embassies of Brazil and Luxemburg.