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Spain’s autonomous chartered community of Navarre adopted a declaration recognizing the Armenian Genocide on June 23. The declaration states that per the European Parliament’s resolution of 1987, which was later reinforced with resolutions passed on February 28, 2002 and April 1, 2004, the atrocities suffered by the Armenians at the turn of the 20th century do indeed constitute as genocide. A number of members of Navarre’s parliament had visited Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh recently.
Navarre’s declaration condemns early 20th century Turkish government policies toward Armenians and calls on the government of modern-day Turkey to “foster a harmonious and peaceful relationship with neighboring Armenia in their disputes over national borders.” Further, the declaration underscores that given Turkey’s ambitions of attaining EU membership, these two issues—genocide recognition and diplomatic relations with Armenia—should be immediately resolved.
Navarre is an autonomous region, roughly the size of Cyprus, that borders France in the northern part of Spain and has a population of 650,000 people.
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