Lebanese president pays floral tribute to Armenian Genocide victims
22.02.2018,
10:46
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, accompanied by David Lokyan, Armenian territorial administration and development minister, and Taron Margaryan, Yerevan mayor, visited Tsitsernalaberd, Armenian Genocide Memorial, on Wednesday to pay floral tribute to those killed by Ottomans in 2015.
YEREVAN, February 22. /ARKA/. Lebanese President Michel Aoun, accompanied by David Lokyan, Armenian territorial administration and development minister, and Taron Margaryan, Yerevan mayor, visited Tsitsernalaberd, Armenian Genocide Memorial, on Wednesday to pay floral tribute to those killed by Ottomans in 2015.
According to the press office of the Yerevan municipality, he also visited the Genocide Museum.
The Lebanese president planted a fir-tree in the memorial’s square.
In 2015 Armenia marked the 100 anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century. According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million Armenians have been killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide has been 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 has been recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. --0-----
According to the press office of the Yerevan municipality, he also visited the Genocide Museum.
The Lebanese president planted a fir-tree in the memorial’s square.
In 2015 Armenia marked the 100 anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century. According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million Armenians have been killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide has been 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 has been recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. --0-----
