Bako Sahakyan: Armenian people, surviving genocide, have won great victories
24.04.2018,
12:04
Bako Sahakyan, the president of the Republic of Artsakh, in his address to the nation, denounced the Armenian Genocide committed by Ottomans in 2015 as a monstrous crime.
YEREVAN, April 24. /ARKA/. Bako Sahakyan, the president of the Republic of Artsakh, in his address to the nation, denounced the Armenian Genocide committed by Ottomans in 2015 as a monstrous crime.
He said that hundred of thousands of Armenians fled their homes and found shelter all over the world.
“The people have managed to survive this bloody disaster, build their homes again and defend their homeland by winning great victories,” he said in his message. “Evidence of these victories is existence of two independent and sovereign Armenian republics, which are firmly walking toward the reliable future thanks to our people’s joint efforts and our brothers and sisters from the Diaspora.”
He says that Armenian genocide is a deep pain for all Armenians all over the world, which obliges to be vigilant and do whatever possible for consistent fortification of the Armenian statehood.
Sahakyan stressed the importance of unification of Armenian people, who should rely only on their own abilities.
“This is the only way to progress for our nation, this is an important lesson of Armenian Genocide,” he says in his message.
Every year on April 24, Armenians all over the world remember victims of Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the twentieth century.
Up to 1.5 million Armenians have been killed starting from 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by dozens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 43 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. --0-----
He said that hundred of thousands of Armenians fled their homes and found shelter all over the world.
“The people have managed to survive this bloody disaster, build their homes again and defend their homeland by winning great victories,” he said in his message. “Evidence of these victories is existence of two independent and sovereign Armenian republics, which are firmly walking toward the reliable future thanks to our people’s joint efforts and our brothers and sisters from the Diaspora.”
He says that Armenian genocide is a deep pain for all Armenians all over the world, which obliges to be vigilant and do whatever possible for consistent fortification of the Armenian statehood.
Sahakyan stressed the importance of unification of Armenian people, who should rely only on their own abilities.
“This is the only way to progress for our nation, this is an important lesson of Armenian Genocide,” he says in his message.
Every year on April 24, Armenians all over the world remember victims of Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the twentieth century.
Up to 1.5 million Armenians have been killed starting from 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by dozens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 43 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. --0-----
