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Armenian, Greek parliament officials talk on the phone

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Vice-Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly and Head of the Armenia-Greece parliamentary friendship group Eduard Sharmazanov had a telephone conversation o with Head of the Greece-Armenian parliamentary friendship group, Parliament of Greece, Apostolos Kaklamanis. Mr Sharmazanov thanked his Greek counterpart for voting for the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, which was adopted by the Greek Parliament on Tuesday. He also conveyed his greetings and gratitude to all the other Greek MPs that voted for the bill. The Armenian parliament official said that Armenia highly appreciates the move, viewing it as a service rendered not only to the Armenian and Greek peoples, but also to the humanity and civilization. Mr Sharmazanov stressed that struggle against the policy of denial of the Armenian Genocide blocks way to new genocides. In his turn, Mr Kaklamanis thanked Mr Sharmazanov for the kind words and expressed his willingness to continue contributing to the consolidation of Armenian-Greek relations.