Egyptian MP Mostafa Bakri has called on parliament and the government to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
He and 336 MPs have called on parliament to approve a draft resolution in favour of recognizing the death of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman state in 1915 as a “genocide”, AhramOnline reported.
Independent MP Bakri calls for a special session on the issue because the crime “should be condemned by all world parliaments.”
“New historical evidence has exposed the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1922,” Bakri said.
Bakri concluded that while “the Ottomans committed the 1915 massacre, the Erdogan regime is now moving to commit another crime against his political opponents and minorities that seek independence.”
MP Talaat Khalil supports Bakri’s draft resolution and believes that perpetrators must admit their crimes and apologize.
“But it is clear that the arrogant Erdogan regime will never admit that this massacre [took place] because he believes himself to be a new Ottoman sultan,” Khalil told reporters, adding that Egypt has always been a shelter for the Armenians since the 1915 massacre.