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    PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY JOSE MUJICA ATTENDS EVENT TO MARK 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    NOYAN TAPAN
    APRIL 26, 2010
    MONTEVIDEO

    MONTEVIDEO, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The President of Uruguay Jose
    Mujica on April 24 attended an event in Montevideo to mark the
    95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, during which a khachkar
    carved in Armenia was erected in Armenia Square of the Uruguayan
    capital. The head of the Uruguayan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic
    Church Archbishop Hakob Glnjian consecrated the khachkar.

    Uruguay's Education and Culture Minister Ricardo Ehrlich and Sport
    and Tourism Deputy Minister Lilian Keshishian delivered speeches. The
    messages of the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and the Armenian
    Ambassador to Uruguay Vladimir Karmirshalian were read at the event.

    According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, the khachkar
    was erected with the assistance of Uruguayan Armenian benefactor
    Karlos Ketsoyan and on the initiative of Uruguayan structures of the
    Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Social Democrat Hunchak
    party, as well as the Armenian National Center and the commission of
    Armenia Square. The khachkar's author is Ruben Nalbandian from Armenia.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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