It will be difficult to achieve an unbiased consideration of tragic historic events, unless the governments and people of Europe condemn the Armenian Genocide, Ukrainian journalist said.

Arthur Rudzitsky, president of the Association of European Journalists, called the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire “a genocide and crime against humanity”.

“I am confident that all European states must adopt a bill condemning this terrible chapter of the world history,” Analitika.at.ua quotes Rudzitsky.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by 21 countries and 43 out of 50 U.S. states.

Turkey denies accusations of mass killings of Armenians during the First World War and is extremely sensitive to criticism voiced by the western states.