Spain's San Sebastian officially recognizes Armenian Genocide

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Spain's San Sebastian officially recognizes Armenian Genocide


YEREVAN, April 18. /ARKA/. Spain's San Sebastian joined Friday the row
of Spanish cities which have officially recognized the fact of
Armenian Genocide, the press office of Armenia's ministry of foreign
affairs reported on Saturday.


According to the press release, the city council members unanimously
voted for the statement condemning the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Turkey in 1915.

Armenian Genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.

Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one and
a half million Armenians during World War I.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many countries,
particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S.
states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina,
Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of
Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament.
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