Access to Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to be closed on certain hours on April 23-24
23.04.2015,
12:12
The access to Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial will be closed for visitors from the morning to 13:00 on April 23 and from 18:00 on April 23 to 13:00 on Friday April 24, Armenia’s police reported.
YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/. The access to Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial will be closed for visitors from the morning to 13:00 on April 23 and from 18:00 on April 23 to 13:00 on Friday April 24, Armenia’s police reported.
The restriction is applied to ensure the preparations for the official ceremony of the Armenian genocide centenary commemoration to be attended by clergymen, local officials and high-ranking guests, the leaders of Russia, France, Serbia and Cyprus among them. A major memorial ceremony will be held at the monument on April 24.
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, 43 U.S. states. It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. –0--
