President remembers Armenian Genocide victims
24.04.2018,
11:06
Armen Sargsyan, Armenian president, visited today morning Tsitsernakabers, the memorial of Armenian Genocide victims, to remember victims of Armenian Genocide and pay floral tribute to them.
YEREVAN, April 24. /ARKA/. Armen Sargsyan, Armenian president, visited today morning Tsitsernakabers, the memorial of Armenian Genocide victims, to remember victims of Armenian Genocide and pay floral tribute to them.
He was accompanied by Bako Sahakyan, Artsakh president, Catholicos Garegin II, the Armenian Apostolic Church leader, Karen Karapetyan, Armenia’s acting prime minister, Gagik Harutyunyan, the head of the supreme judicial council, Hrayr Tovmassyan, the head of the Constitutional Court, Ara Babloyan, Armenian parliament speaker, and some MPs, acting ministers and other officials.
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 was accompanied by Bako Sahakyan, Artsakh president, Catholicos Garegin II, the Armenian Apostolic Church leader, Karen Karapetyan, Armenia’s acting prime minister, Gagik Harutyunyan, the head of the supreme judicial council, Hrayr Tovmassyan, the head of the Constitutional Court, Ara Babloyan, Armenian parliament speaker, and some MPs, acting ministers and other officials.
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-----
