A draft law on recognizing the Armenian Genocide has been submitted to Ukraine’s chief lawmaking body, Verkhovna Rada.
The bill was proposed by Vitaly Barvinenko, a self-nominated lawmaker.
Since 1965, the Armenian massacres have been recognized as a crime of genocide under international law by the United Nations, Council of Europe, European Parliament and 21 states. Seven world countries have partially recognized it on the level of local government bodies.
Turkey and Azerbaijan officially deny the Armenian Genocide.