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Rally marks Armenian Genocide's 90th anniversary
22.04.2005 18:25
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - A rally, organized by the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation (ARF) and dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, was held on Friday near the Sports and Concerts Complex in
Yerevan. Following the rally, the participants marched to the Memorial
of the Armenian Genocide Victims.
Speaking at the rally, ARF Bureau member and National Assembly
Vice-speaker Vahan Hovhannisian said: "Today, the united will of the
Armenian people is expressed. Armenia is divided into Western and
Eastern for others; for us it is one homeland, and we will take back
the part that is under Turkish occupation."
Armen Rustamian, ARF Armenia Supreme Body representative, in turn
said it is time for us to explore our history and make the world
recognize it.
Rubina Pirumian of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA),
Vachagan Zakarian, representing Artsakh, Aida Hovhannisian from Iran,
Valery Abanian from Javakhk, Madeleine Dalfond-Guiral, former member
of the Canadian Parliament, and other Diaspora figures also addressed
the participants of the rally.
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22.04.2005 18:25
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - A rally, organized by the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation (ARF) and dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, was held on Friday near the Sports and Concerts Complex in
Yerevan. Following the rally, the participants marched to the Memorial
of the Armenian Genocide Victims.
Speaking at the rally, ARF Bureau member and National Assembly
Vice-speaker Vahan Hovhannisian said: "Today, the united will of the
Armenian people is expressed. Armenia is divided into Western and
Eastern for others; for us it is one homeland, and we will take back
the part that is under Turkish occupation."
Armen Rustamian, ARF Armenia Supreme Body representative, in turn
said it is time for us to explore our history and make the world
recognize it.
Rubina Pirumian of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA),
Vachagan Zakarian, representing Artsakh, Aida Hovhannisian from Iran,
Valery Abanian from Javakhk, Madeleine Dalfond-Guiral, former member
of the Canadian Parliament, and other Diaspora figures also addressed
the participants of the rally.
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