On the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Greek MEP Yannis Maniatis addressed the European Parliament, urging recognition of the genocide of Greeks in Asia Minor and Pontus alongside the Armenian and Assyrian tragedies. Highlighting the Ottoman Empire’s systematic extermination efforts and Turkey’s ongoing denial, he warned that without historical memory, such atrocities risk repetition, as seen in recent events in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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