YEREVAN. – The Parliament of Egypt is seriously discussing the issue of the Armenian Genocide recognition, the Ambassador of Egypt to Armenian Tarek Maati told Armenian News – NEWS.am.

In his words, currently the Government of Egypt has not yet taken a decision regarding this issue. “But the Egyptian Parliament, which has very wide authorities according to our new Constitution, is discussing this issue seriously. We’ll see in the coming days what will be the decision.  As an Ambassador of Egypt to Armenia, I wish all the best to your country,” Ambassador Maati added

Egyptian MP Mustafa Bakri urged the parliament and government of the country to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Together with 336 deputies he called on the parliament to approve the draft resolution in favor of recognizing the Genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman government in 1915.