25 Russia-based NGOs Call on Ankara to Recognize Armenian Genocide

Some 25 NGOs in the Russian region of Kuban have made a joint statement calling on Turkish authorities to recognize the Armenian Genocide, reports Firat agency.

Representatives of several nations have signed the statement, among them also Jews, Germans, Russians, Assyrians, Greeks, Dagestanis, Kurds, Ossetians, Abkhazians, Tatars , etc., who say that Russia is one of the most multi-national countries, but none of those nations has felt depressed while living in the Russian soil for decades.

"As what concerns Turkey, that state should conduct a fair study of the 1915-1923 events, should condemn the massacres of the local peoples and repent the memory of millions of innocent victims," reads the statement.

"We call on condemning the first crime of the 20th century perpetrated against humanity - the Armenian Genocide."