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YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: The superstar of Reality Show Kim Kardashyan appealed to unite and commemorate the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. As reported by Armenpress, in her Twitter webpage Kim wrote: “Let us all unite today and commemorate one and a half million people, who fell victims in the Armenian Genocide. The day of April 24 of the year 1915 will never be forgotten”.
On April 24 it is the 98thanniversary of the remembrance of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. On the international political level it will be clearer, what developments to expect from the capitals of the world before the 100thanniversary in the recognition and condemnation issues of the Armenian Genocide, which occurred in 1915 and to what results the Armenia’s policy might bring.
The entire series of the documents, proving the fact of the mass massacres of the Armenian people in 1915-1923 in the Ottoman Turkey as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is enormous. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by different organizations, such as the European Council, the European Parliament, some commissions of the UN Organization, the World Church Union, etc.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by many states. The first country to officially recognize the Armenian Tragedy wasUruguayin 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as a genocide, in accordance with the international law, by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina (2 laws and 5 draft bills), Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican, and Australia.