YEREVAN. – The Armenia gene is strong; the vivid evidence of this is the fact that the Armenian Genocide survivors managed to settle and strengthen in different parts of the world. Armenia’s acting Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan told this to news reporters on Wednesday while visiting capital city Yerevan’s Armenian Genocide Memorial, on the 98th anniversary of the genocide. 

“Our ten million compatriots that live abroad demand a truthful solution to the Armenian cause. I believe our fight [for justice] must become fiercer, [and] we must be consolidated. There will come a day when Turkey will recognize the Armenian Genocide,” she said.   

In Hakobyan’s words, even though the Armenian nation lost 1.5 million of its people, a culture and its lands, it was reborn, and the foe failed to achieve its objective.      

To note, the Armenian Genocide is formally recognized by numerous countries. It was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. The Genocide is also recognized by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and 42 US states. The Armenian Genocide is also recognized by The Vatican, the European Parliament, and the World Council of Churches.