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  • Armenians Of Georgia Ask Mayor Of Tbilisi To Erect Khachkar In Memor

    ARMENIANS OF GEORGIA ASK MAYOR OF TBILISI TO ERECT A KHACHKAR IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
    Oct 13 2005

    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13. ARMINFO. On the initiative of the Association
    of Georgian Georgian Armenians, the "Nor Serund" (New Generation)
    organization has prepared a petition to the Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi
    Ugulava for erecting a khachkar (cross-stone memorial) in memory of
    the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

    According to the report of the Assocuiation, a symbolic number of
    1915 signatures has been gathered. The Association also reports that
    over 1,5 million Armenians were assassinated in the Ottoman Empire in
    1915, and thousands of refugees were accepted by the friendly people
    of Georgia. The descendants of the refugees of 1915 now reside in
    various regions of Georgia.
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