European Democrat Students (EDS) pan-European student and youth political association has adopted a resolution that condemns the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

The resolution was put on the agenda of the meeting of EDS Council in Yerevan at the suggestion of the Youth Organization of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Youth Organization of RPA became a member organization of EDS this year, according to the press service of RPA’s Youth Organization.

The resolution condemns genocides committed against Armenians, Assyrians, and Pontic Greeks in the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The documents calls on Turkey to come to terms with its past and recognize the Armenian Genocide.  It is noted that the denial of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey’s authorities leads to new genocides in the world.

‘During the meeting of our Council, today many discussions took place and a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide was adopted by a majority of votes. Wu urge all EU countries to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide. I should say that EPP also has an official condemnatory stance on this issue. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by parliaments of many countries, and we wanted EDS also to have its official position on the matter,” EDS Chairman Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou said.