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 “Our disposition suggests normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions,” Parliament Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said after he bowed tribute to the victims of Armenian Genocide.

“Alas, once 300 thousand square meters, today Armenia is only 30 thousand square meters with 12 thousand sm of Artsakh. I am an optimist and I’m thinking if God wished us to live and rule in those lands, we will one day regain them back. We should rely on each other,” said Mr. Sharmazanov.

Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th century and took the criticism of the West painfully.

Note that the following states have recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide carried out in the Ottoman Turkey: Uruguay (1965), Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russian Federation (1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000), Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004), the Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). Armenian Genocide is also recognized by the European Parliament and World Council of Churches.