April 20, 2006 - 16:42 AMT
Armenian FM: Recognition of Armenian Genocide Urgent to International Community
Armenian authorities have the moral obligation to the Armenian people, memory of their ancestors, who fell victims of the Genocide, and the entire international community, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated at a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, recognition of the Armenian Genocide urgent to the international community. Inclusion of the issue of worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in Armenia's foreign policy is a natural process, the Armenian FM underscored. «Parliaments of many countries having recognized the Armenian Genocide evidences Armenia's foreign policy line is correct. It is our obligation to draw the attention of the international community to that issue to prevent similar crimes in the future,» Oskanian said.