page_title: Armenia–United Kingdom relations
section_title: Armenian genocide recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Armenia–United Kingdom relations / Armenian genocide recognition
caption_attribution_description: English: Armenian memorial unveiled The Armenian cross on the monument to the genocide, unveiled November 2nd 2007. Many Armenians and people of Armenian descent gathered to witness and record this first official recognition of the events of 1915. On January 28th 2008 (HolocaustDay) the monument was vandalised when a hammer was used to destroy the cross.
context_page_description: Armenian–British relations are foreign relations between Armenia and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom recognised Armenia on 31 December 1991. The first Embassy of Armenia in Europe was established in London in October 1992. Since 1995, the United Kingdom has an embassy in Yerevan. The two countries maintain collaborative and friendly relations.
context_section_description: The devolved governments of Wales and Scotland recognize the Armenian genocide, however the British government does not recognize the Armenian Genocide, as it considers that the evidence is not clear enough to respectively consider "the terrible events that afflicted the Ottoman Armenian population at the beginning of the last century" genocide under the 1948 UN convention. The British government states the "massacres were an appalling tragedy" and condemns them stating that this was the view of the government during that period.
caption: Armenian memorial unveiled in Cardiff in 2007.
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