Vienna City Council recognizes Armenian Genocide

Following the joint statement adopted by the Austrian Parliament on April 22, the community council of Vienna adopted a similar statement on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire on April 24.

“April 24 marks the 100th anniversary of the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against 1.5 million Armenians. On this occasion, we respect the memory of the victims of violence, slaughter and deportation, as well as the tens of thousands of Ottoman nationals of other groups of Christian peoples, including the Arameans, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Pontic Greeks,” the decision said, in part, Armenpress reports, citing Armenian Foreign Ministry.

Previously it was reported that all the six factions of the Austrian Parliament adopted a joint statement on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.