The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic today\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0approved a resolution, condemning the genocide of Armenians and other religious and national minorities in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, Czech media repored. Spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tigran Balayan confirmed the news in a Twitter post.<\/p>\n
\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic condemns the crimes against humanity carried out by the Nazis during the Second World War on the Jewish, Roma and Slavic populations in the controlled territories, the genocide of Armenians and other national and religious minorities in the Ottoman Empire during World War I,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d reads the resolution, which passed with 104 votes.<\/p>\n
The resolution was proposed by MEP Robin B\u0569\u0083\u0539\u0533nisch from the CSSD. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I think it was the Czech Republic\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s duty to formally recognize the genocide. And because yesterday it was the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian genocide, I think it was very symbolic to recognize the genocide of the Armenians today,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d B\u0569\u0083\u0539\u0533nisch said, according to \u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0iRozhlas.cz.<\/em><\/p>\n \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I am glad that we have accepted the resolution because sometimes the truth has to be remembered. Of course, Turkey will react to it,\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0but we have always supported\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0human rights and today it is necessary to remind Turkey of genocide,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d former Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09) said,\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0lidovky.cz <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n President Milos Zeman also commemorated the\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Armenian genocide.\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0On the occasion of the anniversary, the President sent a letter to Barsegh Pilavchian, the spiritual\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0 leader of the Armenian community in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I agree that history is not meant to be interpreted by politicians. At the same time, however, I believe that the events that cost 1.5 million innocent people represent a tragic chapter in the history of not only the Armenian nation but also of the entire civilized world,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Zeman wrote in a letter published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n armradio.am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic today\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0approved a resolution, condemning the genocide of Armenians and other religious and national minorities in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, Czech media repored. Spokesman […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}