The European People's Party's resolution on the Armenian Genocide is the result of victory over the party interests, Ruben Hakobyan, Head of the Heritage Party faction, said in Parliament on Wednesday.
He said that three Armenian political forces that have different stands were able to overcome their party ambitions and encourage the EPP to adopt that important document.
"There are situations when the national interests should prevail over the party interests", he said. On March 3, the EPP adopted a resolution dedicated to the Armenian Genocide centennial. The resolution says that the EPP reconfirms the fact of the Armenian Genocide and forced deportation of Armenians and condemns it on the threshold of the Genocide centennial. The EPP also stresses the need to give compensation to the successors of the Genocide victims and to return the historical lands to the Armenian population.