Hero of the Karabakh war, major general Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Commandos) said Armenia was rather passive during the first years of its independence as regards the Armenian Genocide recognition.

“It has resulted in deceleration of the recognition process. But, thank goodness, the issue was in focus during the tenure of the second and third Armenia’s Presidents,” said Ter-Tadevosyan.

He noted that currently a “snowballing” process of the Armenian Genocide recognition is under way, with the number of countries recognizing it growing from year to year.

According to Ter-Tadevosyan, Armenia needs to have a national action plan to encourage worldwide discussions.

He added that Armenians can use the example of Jews concerning the Holocaust: “The humanity missed its opportunity to recognize the Armenian Genocide early in the 20th century, thus, similar tragedies continue taking place up to date.”