YEREVAN. – A delegation led by Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan, who is also the Armenian government’s representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), has traveled to Strasbourg, France, on a working visit.

The Prosecutor General’s Office informed the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As reported earlier, the ECHR Grand Chamber in Strasbourg on Thursday will deliver its judgment in the case of Perincek v. Switzerland.

In 2008, a Swiss court had convicted Turkish ultranationalist politician Dogu Perincek for denying the Armenian Genocide. In December 2013, the ECHR had ruled in favor of Perincek’s lawsuit that was filed against Switzerland. Subsequently, the Government of Switzerland petitioned that the Dogu Perincek case be referred for a review by the ECHR Grand Chamber.

Separately, Armenia had petitioned to the ECHR, and it now acts as a third party in this case, whose ECHR Grand Chamber hearing was held on January 28. Armenia was represented at this hearing by renowned attorneys Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney.

Dogu Perincek is chairman of the left-wing Patriotic—formerly Workers’—Party of Turkey. In addition, he heads the Turkish ultranationalist Talaat Pasha organization, which actively fights against the Armenian Genocide’s recognition in Europe.