The Spanish towns of Puente Genil and La Roda de Andalucía on Tuesday formally recognized the Armenian Genocide.

The respective resolutions were adopted unanimously by the municipal councils of the two towns.

These resolutions condemn Turkey’s denialism of this genocide, and call upon the other towns and central governments of Spain to follow suit and urge the same to Turkey.

In their remarks following the adoption of these decisions, the mayors of Puente Genil and La Roda de Andalucía stressed that these resolutions are preventive, crimes against humanity are termless, and that they need to be given a political assessment.