The influence of the Armenian institutions of Diaspora and the Liturgy of Pope played an important role in the adoption of the declaration.
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was unprecedented on the part of recognition and condemnation. Countries who were strictly neutral or even denied the fact spoke about the historical facts, institutions which as much as it was possible avoided the discussion of this painful subject to not contradict the Turkish-Azerbaijani interests.
One more European institutionrecently adopted a bill about the Armenian Genocide, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The influence of the Armenian institutions of Diaspora and the Liturgy of Pope played an important role in the adoption of the declaration.
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