The Parliament of Moldova has adopted a declaration, recognising the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.

54 MPs voted in favour, there was not a single vote against it. A representative of the Communist Party of Moldova, Oleg Reidman, suggested removing the declaration from the agenda before the vote.

MPs from the Communists and the "Shor" party left the session hall and didn't vote.

"The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, in the spirit of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and in the name of justice, declares that the Bolshevik totalitarian regime of the former USSR as a result of the Holodomor policy is responsible for the act of deliberate genocide against the Ukrainian people," the declaration reads.

The Parliament of Moldova has also appealed to all parliaments of the world and international institutions to show full solidarity with Ukraine and give a correct assessment of the criminal acts committed in 1932-1933.

"The memory of the Holodomor and commitment to universal human values ​​obliges us to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in order to end the policy of genocide of the Ukrainian people in the 21st century and save peace and freedom on the European continent," the document reads.

Earlier on Thursday, Ireland's Senat also recognised the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.

The day before, Romanian MPs and senators voted at a joint meeting on November 23 in favor of a declaration condemning the man-made famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine in 1932-1933 that was a result of the Soviet occupation.

As reported, US President Joe Biden made a statement honouring the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933.

Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak the issue of recognising the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people in the UK.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, called on the Netherlands to recognise the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.