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ARMENIA SHALL NEVER ACCEPT DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND DISRESPECT TOWARDS MEMORY OF VICTIMS - PRESIDENT
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May 31 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - On May 30 Armenian Government held the first sitting of
state committee for coordination of 100th anniversary commemoration
events of Armenian Genocide, headed by Armenian president Serzh
Sargsyan.
Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II, Catholicos of the Great House
of Cilicia Aram I, top political figures of Armenia and Artsakh,
as well as Diaspora representatives attended the meeting.
Armenian President informed the participants about his decision to
expand the Committee staff, affiliating the Trustee of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation responsible for the UK branch and the Armenian
Communities Department Martin Essayan and the chairperson of Armenian
Relief Society Central Executive Board Vicky Marashlian.
Presidential press service provided Armenian News-NEWS.am the speech
of President Sargsyan:
~SThe issue of Genocide stays open for each Armenian even after 96
years from this crime against humanity.
It is open because you can never understand and accept the
extermination of one~Rs own citizens planned and targeted on the
state level.
It is open because the terrible crimes against Armenian people have
not been settled even after nine and a half decades.
It is open because the followers of those who organized the Great
Massacre and who spare no effort to distort this black page of Armenian
history still exist.
It is open because those who do not recognize the Armenian Genocide
regard our tragedy only as a hindering point for their foreign policy.
We are peaceful people and we are ready to speak, to discuss and to
cooperate with everybody, including our neighbors. However, we shall
never accept
news.am
May 31 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - On May 30 Armenian Government held the first sitting of
state committee for coordination of 100th anniversary commemoration
events of Armenian Genocide, headed by Armenian president Serzh
Sargsyan.
Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II, Catholicos of the Great House
of Cilicia Aram I, top political figures of Armenia and Artsakh,
as well as Diaspora representatives attended the meeting.
Armenian President informed the participants about his decision to
expand the Committee staff, affiliating the Trustee of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation responsible for the UK branch and the Armenian
Communities Department Martin Essayan and the chairperson of Armenian
Relief Society Central Executive Board Vicky Marashlian.
Presidential press service provided Armenian News-NEWS.am the speech
of President Sargsyan:
~SThe issue of Genocide stays open for each Armenian even after 96
years from this crime against humanity.
It is open because you can never understand and accept the
extermination of one~Rs own citizens planned and targeted on the
state level.
It is open because the terrible crimes against Armenian people have
not been settled even after nine and a half decades.
It is open because the followers of those who organized the Great
Massacre and who spare no effort to distort this black page of Armenian
history still exist.
It is open because those who do not recognize the Armenian Genocide
regard our tragedy only as a hindering point for their foreign policy.
We are peaceful people and we are ready to speak, to discuss and to
cooperate with everybody, including our neighbors. However, we shall
never accept