Romania recognized Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of Ukrainian people
The Romanian Parliament voted to recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. This is reported by Agepress.
The Declaration of the Parliament on the condemnation of the deliberate famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine was voted for by 248 senators and deputies, and one abstention.
The statement reads that the Holodomor is recognized as a crime against the Ukrainian people and humanity and strongly condemns this act against the Ukrainian people, which led to millions of victims, was marked by massive violations of civil rights and freedoms, as well as enormous suffering.
It expresses solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and strongly condemns the similar criminal method by which Romanians in Bessarabia were subjected to deliberate, artificial starvation for the purpose of forced collectivization in 1946-1947 and expresses support for the protection and respect of fundamental human rights and freedoms.
MP from the ruling National Liberal Party Alexandru Muraru said that Romania, through a historic decision, joins the democratic countries of the world that recognize and undertake not only the commemoration of the 1932-1933 famine, but also “the recognition of genocide, systematic actions, direct, cynical, criminal actions of the USSR and its leaders to physically destroy the Ukrainian nation.”
– The Holodomor was a unique murder on the territory of the Soviet Union in terms of the scale, pace and nature of the crimes committed by the leaders and institutions of the USSR. In the early 1930s, the courage and determination of Ukrainians to resist collectivization aroused the unbridled hatred of the totalitarian system,” he said.
He added that now more than 14 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes, and systematic attacks, mass graves and killings have turned the continent back 90 years.
Source: Agepress
