KIEV. – A roundtable discussion devoted to the Armenian Genocide was convened Friday in Kiev, Ukraine, Analitika.at.ua informs. 

During the event, “ANALITIKA” Information-Analytical Center Director Marat Hakobyan specifically noted:

“When speaking about genocide, we do understand that Ukraine likewise has its wounds; that is, the Holodomor [killing by hunger]. Hunger, as means of killing, was first applied on the Armenians during the Genocide. Aside from the open massacre, all possible means of annihilation were used against the Armenians.    

Had the Armenian Genocide deserved the appropriate assessment by the international community at the time, neither the Holocaust nor the Holodomor could have occurred, and neither the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Baku, Maragha and in other cities of Azerbaijan at the end of the 20th century.   

Genocide is the worst manifestation of human cruelty. The perpetrators must be condemned, since impunity gives rise to repetition of the crime.”