YEREVAN. – The structures of the European Union, Council of Europe and other agencies must adopt the same position as European People's Party (EPP) on the Armenian Genocide, member of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Giro Manoyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
ARF has positive assessment of the resolution adopted by EPP which “is a big influential family of the European parties”.
“Secondly, the resolution's content is quite successful. It speaks not only of the recognition of the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide, but also depriving the Armenian people of the homeland as consequences of the Genocide, said compensation, although not given a complete picture of it. The document stressed that reconciliation between the Armenian and Turkish peoples must be based on truth,” Manoyan said.
Member of ARF Dashnaktsutyun is confident that the resolution will not be the last move.
“We must continue working in this direction. Naturally, it is desirable that this was an example for other parties, the socialists and social democrats, the structures that we have joined. The resolution adopted by EPP will have a positive impact on our relations with these parties,” Manoyan added,
He pointed out the fact that the three parties – RPA, Orinats Yerkir and Heritage – achieved results despite differences on foreign and internal policy issues.