Luxembourg adopts resolution on Armenian Genocide recognition

LUXEMBOURG, 6 MAY, ARMENPRESS. The Parliament of Luxembourg has unanimously adopted a resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide. This is what Member of the Parliament of Luxembourg Laurent Mosar said in an interview with “Armenpress” and promised to provide details later.

The resolution was submitted to the parliament by Luxembourg’s Christian Social People's Party, which is an opposition party and one of the members of which is Laurent Mosar. The latter had previously emphasized that the draft of the resolution stated that the crimes and atrocities perpetrated against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 are genocide.

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by organizations such as the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, several UN Committees, the World Council of Churches, etc. Many countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide. In 1965, Uruguay became the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide, followed by France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions), Venezuela, Chile, Canada and the Vatican. Just recently, Pope Francis and the European Parliament officially affirmed their position on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.