Belgium recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the announcement on Twitter.

"Historic vote in Belgium’s House of Representatives: one more state recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people!" the Ukrainian leader wrote.

Zelenskyy thanked Belgium for this important decision, "for this deeply symbolic step today."

A historic voting in ???????? House of Representatives: one more state recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people! I’m thankful to Belgium for this important decision for every Ukrainian, for this deeply symbolic step today!

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 10, 2023

• On November 4, 2022, the upper house of the Irish parliament recognized the Holodomor of the Ukrainian people as genocide. On the same day, the Parliament of Moldova adopted a declaration recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

• On November 26, 2022, US President Joe Biden called for the commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor committed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine.

• On November 30, 2022, the German Bundestag passed a resolution recognizing the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

• On December 14, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the Czech Senate had also recognized the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people.