Yerevan, February 7. Arminfo. For the first time the UK government has de facto acknowledged the Armenian Genocide.

According to the official site of the UK Government, political leaders in Wales and religious representatives will mark Holocaust Memorial Day in an event also reflecting on the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. This is for the first time ever, an UK government web-site has referred to the "Armenian Genocide" and "Armenian Holocaust" .

Meanwhile UK Ambassador to Armenia Thorda Abbot-Watt told ARMINFO that she knows that in Armenia there are many archive records of the events of 1915-1917. She said that the UK has not changed its position on the issue. She preferred not to touch on this delicate and painful subject for the Armenian nation.