Spain’s upper parliament has rejected a bill to recognize Armenian claims regarding the 1915 events, SIA informs citing the AA.
The Senate of Spain on Wednesday dismissed the proposal tabled by Entesa -- a political group active in the Catalonian region -- with 130 votes against and 14 in favor, along with 68 abstentions.
Speaking during the voting session, ruling People’s Party MP Jose Maria Chiquillo said: "We as the parliament cannot put ourselves in the position of historians or a court."
The People’s Party was the only national political party that voted against, while the main opposition Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, Catalonian nationalist coalition Convergence and Union, Canarian Coalition, Asturias Forum and Navarrese People’s Union abstained.
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