Recognition of Armenian Genocide by Lithuania

VILNIUS, DECEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS: The Seim (parliament) of Lithuania passed a resolution on December 15 condemning the 1915 Armenian genocide committed by the government of then Turkey. The Russian Regnum news agency said the resolution was backed by the majority of parliament members. Regnum said Lithuanian lawmakers described the 1915 massacre of Armenians as 'genocide' calling on Turkish government to acknowledge this historical fact.