President Sargsyan thanks Russia’s Putin for being with Armenians on this ‘important’ day

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24.04.2015, 20:13

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan thanked today his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for his statement on the centenary of the Armenian genocide saying they are the words of the leader of the fraternal country.

President Sargsyan thanks Russia’s Putin for being with Armenians on this ‘important’ day

YEREVAN, April 24. / ARKA /. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan thanked today his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for his statement on the centenary of the Armenian genocide saying they are the words of the leader of the fraternal country.

Putin arrived in Armenia in the early hours of today morning to join leaders of France, Cyprus, Serbia and Armenia to pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks in the last years of World War I.

Sargsyan thanked Putin also for being with Armenian people on this important day, for finding the words in his message yesterday and in his today’s speech at Tsitsernakaberd Memorial that touched the soul of every Armenian, Sargsyan’s press office said.

Sargsyan singled out Putin’s words that the Russian state a hundred years ago recognized together with the governments of France and Great Britain the atrocities committed by the Ottoman government against the Armenians are crimes against humanity.-0-

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