Response to the Statements Made by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Regarding the Denial of the Armenian Genocide on 24th January 2025.
The platform Europeans for Artsakh is deeply shocked and dismayed by the unacceptable statements made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan regarding the Armenian Genocide. These remarks, which call into question undeniable historical truths and facts, insult the victims of the Genocide, the descendants of its survivors and the entire Armenian nation. They also undermine the work for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide that historians, politicians, humanitarian organisations and citizens have been dedicatedly doing around the world for decades.
The fight for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is deeply embedded in the work of Armenians across Europe, through whom the vast majority of European countries and the European Parliament have recognised this heinous crime against the Armenian people and humanity.
As Europeans, we are profoundly outraged that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia has questioned this achievement, which the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian diaspora have worked towards together for many years.
The efforts for the recognation of the Armenian Genocide must not be subjected to any internal or external political motivations.
Doubting any of the aspects of this struggle for political purposes only supports the disinformation campaigns of our enemies who seek to distort the truth.
The people of Artsakh have been victims of Genocide and ethnic cleansing. Europeans for Artsakh calls for this crime against humanity to be condemned by international institutions and for the perpetrators of this crime to be held accountable.
The recognition of responsibility and the acknowledgment of the Genocide are crucial for the establishment of a just peace.
It is widely accepted that when a criminal fails to recognise their crime and does not repent for their abhorrent acts, they are always likely to repeat them.
The same applies to Turkey: it does not recognise its crime and refuses to repent. Our fellow Armenians in Artsakh have experienced the repetition of the Genocide, and worse still, its continuation.
The denial of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and its recent challenge by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia could seriously jeopardise the existence and future of the Republic of Armenia.
Europeans for Artsakh
10th February 2025
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