Spain refuses to recognize so-called “Armenian genocide”

Spanish parliament has rejected a draft proposing to recognize the so-called “Armenian genocide”, APA reports quoting the Turkish news agency Anadolu.

The proposal was submitted by the Republican Left of Catalonia party (ERC), with only the Basque Nationalistic Movement voting for the draft. Other parties at the Spanish parliament, including the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party and opposition Peoples’ Party, voted against the proposal.

Peoples’ Party representative Jose Maria Beneyto and socialist Meritxell Batet said that such step would have negative impact on Turkey-Armenia relations. Representative of Unión Progreso y Democracia Irene Lozano strongly opposed those who submitted the draft. “You have to bewail the death of terror victims in Basque province and condemn this terror instead of shedding crocodile tears over Armenians”.


/APA/