Former prime minister Antonis Samaras has called on the Greek government to diplomatically utilize Sunday’s decision by Israel to unanimously recognize the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, pressing for corresponding recognition of the genocide of Greeks by the Ottoman Empire.

Cabinet backs historic recognition of Ottoman-era mass killings, ending years of caution over ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan

The Israeli government on June 28 unanimously approved a proposal to formally recognize the 1915 events as genocide, following a motion put forward by Foreign Minister Gideon…