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The administration of Ukraine’s town of Izyum has invalidated its earlier decision to recognize the alleged World War I-era genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, the first such instance in the whole world.
Rahim Humbatov, the leader of the Azerbaijani community in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, said the cancellation of the previous measure, passed on New Year’s eve, was ordered at a regular session of the Izyum city council.
Humbatov said the Azerbaijani community has achieved the revocation of the measure in conclusion of long-lasting efforts.
"This decision was contradictory to Ukraine’s legislation, and a local self-administration body is not authorized to adopt such decisions. We had appealed to the Izyum prosecutor’s office to give a legal assessment to the city council’s decision. After a lengthy struggle, we achieved cancellation of the illegitimate and unfair decision.
"It is high time a struggle is waged internationally against the decisions to recognize the alleged genocide of Armenians. There are more grounds than it is necessary for this," the community leader said.
Armenians residing in Turkey’s Anatolia region staged riots during World War I and fought against the Ottoman army in support of Russia. In an effort to end stand-off, the Ottoman government decided in 1915 to resettle the Armenians to other parts of the country. Armenians say 1.5 million of their ancestors were killed in the process, a claim strenuously dismissed by Turkey, and have been trying to muster international support for the recognition of the alleged genocide worldwide.*