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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBERED
Athens News Agency
April 21 2008
Greece
Events marking the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide were
held in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, organised
by the Armenian National Committee and the Thessaloniki Prefecture.
The keynote speaker at the event, held at the Vellidis Conference
Centre, was former parliament president Apostolos Kaklamanis, while
greetings were also addressed by Macedonia-Thrace Minister Margaritis
Tzimas, representatives of the Armenian ambassador in Greece, of
Thessaloniki Prefect Panayiotis Psomiadis, by Thessaloniki Mayor
Vassilis Papageorgopoulos and representatives of the Armenian Youth
of Greece.
The speakers noted the efforts being made for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government, and on ways of averting
other genocides from taking place in the future.
Caption: A scene from a wreath-laying ceremony in Thessaloniki on
Sunday, 20 April, 2008.
Athens News Agency
April 21 2008
Greece
Events marking the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide were
held in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, organised
by the Armenian National Committee and the Thessaloniki Prefecture.
The keynote speaker at the event, held at the Vellidis Conference
Centre, was former parliament president Apostolos Kaklamanis, while
greetings were also addressed by Macedonia-Thrace Minister Margaritis
Tzimas, representatives of the Armenian ambassador in Greece, of
Thessaloniki Prefect Panayiotis Psomiadis, by Thessaloniki Mayor
Vassilis Papageorgopoulos and representatives of the Armenian Youth
of Greece.
The speakers noted the efforts being made for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government, and on ways of averting
other genocides from taking place in the future.
Caption: A scene from a wreath-laying ceremony in Thessaloniki on
Sunday, 20 April, 2008.