Russian State Duma speaker remembers 1.5 million Armenians killed by Ottoman Turkey government
11.03.2016,
15:50
Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) speaker Sergey Naryshkin, who is also chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly and members of a Russian parliamentary delegation, visited today the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Yerevan to remember 1.5 million Armenians killed by the government of the Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923.
YEREVAN, March 11. /ARKA/. Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) speaker Sergey Naryshkin, who is also chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly and members of a Russian parliamentary delegation, visited today the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Yerevan to remember 1.5 million Armenians killed by the government of the Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923.
"It is necessary to remember what happened 100 years ago, so that such tragedies are not repeated. The Russian State Duma adopts a relevant decision each year to expresses its condolences and its position concerning the tragic events that occurred in 1915," he said.
Naryshkin has arrived in the Armenian capital to chair a session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly's Council that will discuss a set of issues of international and collective security, as well as the current activities of the organization.
CSTO members are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.-0-
"It is necessary to remember what happened 100 years ago, so that such tragedies are not repeated. The Russian State Duma adopts a relevant decision each year to expresses its condolences and its position concerning the tragic events that occurred in 1915," he said.
Naryshkin has arrived in the Armenian capital to chair a session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly's Council that will discuss a set of issues of international and collective security, as well as the current activities of the organization.
CSTO members are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.-0-
