YEREVAN. – Biggest achievement is that Armenians managed to overcome the complex of victim, opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am on Tuesday.

The Armenian nation was subjected to persecutions for 900 years, and the Genocide was the top of all.

“Just after that the complex of a victim was formed in Armenians. However, due to victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, we managed to overcome the complex, which is our biggest achievement,” he said.

The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.

Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds of thousands were tortured and deported.

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 Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states.