The Chamber of Deputies approved with 382 votes in favour, 43 abstentions and no opposition, the bipartisan motion that commits the government to "officially recognize the Armenian genocide and give it international resonance", on which the government, represented by the deputy foreign minister, Emanuela Del Re, he deferred to the floor's vote. The motion was signed, among others by representatives of the League, M5S, Fdi, Pd, Leu, Mixed-Usei but not from Forza Italia. Satisfaction of Brothers of Italy: “The motion on the recognition of the genocide of the Armenian people by Turkey has been approved. A victory for a parliament that resisted Turkish pressure, which summoned our ambassador to Ankara and sent the Turkish ambassador to Parliament to influence the vote. Today we have not only acknowledged the long-denied historical truth, but we have shown Turkey that we are not submissive. If anyone thought they would find the eunuchs of Topkapi in Parliament they were greatly mistaken.". Andrea Delmastro declares it, Fratelli d'Italia deputy and Fdi group leader in the Foreign Affairs commission. And new criticisms of Italy come from Türkiye. Two days ago the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Italian ambassador to Ankara, Massimo Gaiani, and today Omer Celik returned to the issue, former Minister for European Affairs and AKP spokesperson, the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to Celik, writes the official Anadolu agency, “Italy is being deceived by the Armenian diaspora which in no way wants normal relations between Turkey and Armenia”.
SOURCE – https://www.secoloditalia.it/2019/04/la-camera-approva-il-governo-riconosce-il-genocidio-degli-armeni-ira-di-ankara/