Sicilian Regional Assembly recognizes the Armenian Genocide

The Sicilian Regional Assembly unanimously recognized the Armenian Genocide on April 20, thus becoming the 105th Council at the level of local self-government bodies of Italy to have recognized the Armenian Genocide. In the adopted resolution the Regional Assembly of Sicily expresses its support and solidarity to the struggle of Armenian people for protection of rights and recognition of historic reality. The resolution urges Sicilian regional and Italian national governments to jointly support the Armenian Genocide recognition process and spread the knowledge of historic facts for peace, democracy and right of peoples to self determination. The draft resolution was presented by MPs Cordaro Salvatore, D'Asero Antonino, Papale Alfio and Grasso Bernadette Felice. The agreement on the resolution was reached still in November 2015, during the meeting of the Armenian Ambassador to Italy Sargis Ghazaryan and President of the Sicilian Regional Council Giovanni Ardizzone during Ghazaryan’s visit to Palermo. To inform, the parliament of Italy recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2000, and the Sicilian Regional Assembly is the 105th Council at the level of local self-government bodies of Italy to have recognized the Armenian Genocide.