The Foreign Ministry noted that "this move by Latvia’s highest legislative body brazenly breaches effective international law and violates the principle of the sovereign equality of states enshrined in Part 1, Article 2 of the UN Charter"
Ankara Calls on Latvia Correct its “Mistake”
The Parliament of Latvia, known as the Seima, officially recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide, adopting a declaration on Thursday with a vote of 58 to 11 with seven abstentions, Armenia’s outgoing Ambassador to Latvia Tigran Mkrtchyan announced.
On April 24, 2020, members of two parties in the Latvian parliament, the ruling New Conservatives and the Yes to Development Parties, made statements condemning the Armenian Genocide. On the initiative of these groups, as well as most of the representatives of the Agreement party, the process of recognizing the Armenian Genocide began in February, as a result of which a resolution-statement was submitted on April 23.