Member-churches of World Council of Churches going to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 2015, according to the chairman of the International Association to Fight Unfounded Armenian Allegations (ASIM-DER) Goksel Gulbey.
APA quotes Gulbey as saying that for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the world churches united against Turkey and are going to exert pressure on Ankara using religion: "For recognition of the Armenian Genocide and compensation claims at the anniversary of Armenian Genocide, the WCC member-churches decided to hold international conference in Geneva with the participation of international organizations, lawyers and human right defenders, organize prayer ceremony to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Geneva Cathedral and invite WCC member-churches to prayer."
The ASIMDER chairman also said that the churches in Azerbaijan and Turkey are members of the WCC and will join this conference and called on relevant state bodies of both countries to warn churches and religious leaders.