Armenia’s National Assembly to call on parliaments to set up committees to fight against genocides
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YEREVAN, 9 MAY, ARMENPRESS. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia will soon make a call to the parliaments of all countries to set up committees to fight against genocides. This is what Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Galust Sahakyan announced during a meeting with the participants of the “Future of Bologna System” and the 68thBoard Meeting of the European Students’ Union at the sessions hall of the National Assembly on May 9. The Speaker of the National Assembly welcomed the participants of the seminar and meeting taking place in Yerevan on 7-12 May.
“I know the purposes of your visit, and I believe you represent the generation of Armenians whose consolidation will determine progress in the 21stcentury. Just recently the Republic of Armenia marked the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide and organized a forum, the general idea of which was the fight against genocides. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia will soon make a call for all parliaments to set up committees to fight against genocides,” Galust Sahakyan mentioned, as “Armenpress” reports.
Galust Sahakyan emphasized that he wasn’t just referring to the Armenian Genocide. “I began my speech by talking about genocides because you are the generation that has to able to make the world controllable and make it clear that civilization comes before politics,” he mentioned, adding that any policy must be the result of civilization.