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11 March 2010 [21:50] - Today.Az
Parliament of Sweden approved a resolution on the so-called "Armenian genocide" with one majority of vote, CNN Turk reported. Voting ended on Thursday evening.
A week ago, the U.S. House of Representatives committee on foreign affairs adopted a resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian Genocide." The resolution was adopted with 23 votes for and 22 votes against.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby state that the predecessor of Turkey - the Ottoman empire committed "genocide" against Armenians living in Anatolia in 1915. Armenians willing to recognize this fact in the world by strengthening propaganda of the so-called "genocide" in the world countries, achieved its recognition by the parliaments of some countries.
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