President Sargsyan convenes meeting to look into status of events to mark centenary of Armenian genocide
10.02.2015,
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Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan convened a meeting today to discuss the status of a string of planned events to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian genocide committed by the government of Ottoman Turkey in the final years of World War 1.
YEREVAN, February 10. / ARKA /. Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan convened a meeting today to discuss the status of a string of planned events to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian genocide committed by the government of Ottoman Turkey in the final years of World War 1.
The meeting attended by the heads of government agencies was chaired by president Sargsyan, who is chairman of the state commission on coordination of the events.
Sargsyan's press service said the participants were introduced to the program of events, the timetable of a string of commemorative events to be held in Armenia and abroad under the slogan “I Remember and Demand.” The coordinator of the events, chief of presidential staff Vigen Sargsyan, delivered a report on the matter.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens 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, 42 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-
