"There is no shadow, no stain, of genocide on us," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared commenting on the European Parliament's Resolution on the Armenian Genocide centennial, Cihan reports. Erdogan said on Wednesday that he will disregard the result of a European Parliament vote on a resolution that calls the killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire genocide, saying Turkey was confident about what happened a century ago. "Irrespective of what decision the European Parliament may take, it would go in one ear and out the other," he told reporters in Ankara.
During its plenary session on April 15, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. The voting followed discussions on the issue on April 14-15. An unprecedented number of members of the European Parliament took the stage and showed their solidarity to the Armenian nation, and in support of the resolution, and stressed the importance of calling a genocide .
The European Parliament's resolution reads: "The European Parliament calls on Turkey to come to terms with its past by recognizing the Armenian genocide and thus pave way for a genuine reconciliation." The European Parliament resolution also asks for the establishment of an "International Remembrance Day for Genocides" and stresses that the timely prevention and effective punishment of genocide and crimes against humanity should be among the main priorities of the international community and the EU.