YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. The government of Cyprus and the President Nicos Anastasiades have condemned the Armenian Genocide which was committed by Turkey.

According to Cyprus Mail, the government’s spokesman called the genocide a heinous crime and a shameful chapter in human history. He mentioned “the government expresses its full solidarity and sympathy to the Armenian people and reiterates its full support to the international community’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide”.

The Armenian people, top officials and visiting foreigners pay tribute to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide on April 24, in the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.

The Armenian Genocide, committed by the Ottoman government, has been substantiated, recognized and confirmed by eyewitness accounts, laws, resolutions and decisions of numerous states and international organizations.

The full range of documents which label the massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as an act of premeditated genocide is huge.

Organization like the European Council, the European Parliament, several UN committees, the World Council of Churches, the Parliament of MERCOSUR and others have recognized the Armenian Genocide.

Many countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide – the first country to officially recognize it was Uruguay, in 1965.

The following countries have officially recognized and condemned the massacres of the Armenian people as an act of genocide, according to international rights – France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions), Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, Vatican, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, New South Wales of Australia and 45 states of the US.