YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. On February 10 a petition calling on the President of the United States of America to recognize the fact of the Armenian Genocide has been organized launched on the U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration official web page. In order to be taken into consideration 100 thousand signatures are needed by March 12, 2013.

As reports "Armenpress" the petition runs as follows: "April 24, 2013 will mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire in 1915. So far, Washington has not recognized the genocide of Armenians at the official level. While U.S. President Barack Obama strongly condemned the Armenian Genocide and promised to recognize him, but have not kept words. After 2 years, will mark the 100th anniversary of the occasion. I consider appropriate that the time has come to the official Washington on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide at the legal level."

Among other things it was stated that the Recognized it was first made ​​in 1965 in Uruguay, whose example was followed by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states. Vatican, E.P., W.C.C.