Luxemburg Parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide
The Parliament of Luxemburg on Wednesday adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The resolution was adopted unanimously, according to the Facebook page of Armenian Foreign Ministry.
Armenia has welcomed the adoption of the resolution.
“Paying tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims, the Parliament of Luxembourg underlines that the events in the Ottoman Empire a century ago constituted genocide, and calls on the Turkish authorities to face their history,” Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a statement.
“By adopting this resolution, Luxembourg joined the countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide and made an important contribution to the high mission of preventing new crimes against humanity,” Nalbandian said.