March 13, 2010 - 13:05 AMT
Speaker of Armenian Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan thanks Sweden for Genocide recognition

Speaker of the RA Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan addressed a letter of thanks to Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg, Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag in connection with the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Swedish Parliament.

In the letter Speaker Abrahamyan, on behalf of the Armenian Parliament, expressed profound gratitude to the Swedish Parliament for approving a just resolution on the Armenian Genocide.

“By recognizing the Armenian Genocide you contributed to the prevention of similar crimes in the future…By its historic decision the Swedish Parliament also contributed to peace and stability in the South Caucasus,” the letter says.