Member-churches of World Council of Churches going to recognize so-called Armenian “genocide” in 2015, said the chairman of the the International Association to Fight Unfounded Armenian Allegations (ASİM-DER) Goksel Gulbey, Turkish press reports.
Gulbey said that for recognition of so-called Armenian “genocide”, the world churches united against Turkey and are going to exert pressure on Turkey using religious: “For recognition of 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”.
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.
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