Cyprus has been one of the pioneering countries in recognising the Armenian Genocide , when on 25 January 1965 Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprianou first raised the issue to the General Assembly of the United Nations . Prior to his powerful speech , a delegation comprising ARF Dashnaktsoutiun Bureau members Dr. Papken Papazian and Berj Missirlia , as well as Armenian National Committee of Cyprus members Anania Mahdessian and Vartkes Sinanian , handed him a memorandum urging Cyprus ' support in raising the issue at the United Nations
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenia–Cyprus relations