Lithuania recognized Armenian Genocide
12/16/2005
REGNUM
On December 15, the Lithuanian parliament passed by a majority the resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The resolution condemns the events of 1915 and calls Turkey to recognize the Genocide.
The voting was held in the evening of Thursday. As a REGNUM correspondent reports, 55 of 141 MPs participated in the debates on the resolution. As a result, 48 deputies voted for the resolution, 3 abstained from voting, no one voted against. Mostly, for the resolution voted members of the Motherland Union (13 votes), 11 were members of the Labor Party, by 6 members from liberals and social democrats, 5 liberal democrats, 3 members of the People’s Party.
Up to the present day, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 has been recognized by 15 countries including Russia, France and Canada, and more than 30 US states.
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REGNUM
On December 15, the Lithuanian parliament passed by a majority the resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The resolution condemns the events of 1915 and calls Turkey to recognize the Genocide.
The voting was held in the evening of Thursday. As a REGNUM correspondent reports, 55 of 141 MPs participated in the debates on the resolution. As a result, 48 deputies voted for the resolution, 3 abstained from voting, no one voted against. Mostly, for the resolution voted members of the Motherland Union (13 votes), 11 were members of the Labor Party, by 6 members from liberals and social democrats, 5 liberal democrats, 3 members of the People’s Party.
Up to the present day, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 has been recognized by 15 countries including Russia, France and Canada, and more than 30 US states.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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