YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), March 18 — The adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee is not cause for optimism and this fact must not be overestimated, said doctor of historical science, professor Stepan Stepanian during his interview with journalists.

On March 4 the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee adopted the Armenian Genocide resolution  H.Res. 252 with 23 “for” and 22 “against” votes.

Stepanian expressed his doubt about the adoption of the resolution, regarding it as “simply another political game of the United States.”

“The adoption of the resolution by the US Congress committee only by one vote is the sad reality,” Stepanian said. According to him the whole world community should unanimously condemn the genocide as a crime against humanity.

He also added that many US presidents promised to recognize the Armenian Genocide during their electoral campaigns but none of them kept his promise. The current president, Barack Obama, who “was afraid to use the word ‘Genocide’ in his speech in Turkey,” is not an exception either.

The Armenian Genocide is considered the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey continues to reject the charge of mass depopulation of about 1.5 million of Armenians during the the years of World War I.

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by many countries. The first one was Uruguay (1965), then Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and 42 US states. The Armenian Genocide was also recognized by Vatican, the European parliament and the World Council of Churches.

Translated from Russian by Yerevan Report