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PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA GETS FAMILIARIZED WITH 'BOOK AS WITNESS FOR GENOCIDE' EXHIBITION
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April 24, 2012 | 18:59
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited the Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute on Tuesday and got familiarized with the
"Book as a Witness of the Genocide" exhibition, presidential press
service informs Armenia News-NEWS.am.
The exhibition was organized on the occasion of the 500th anniversary
of the Armenian typography and the proclamation of Yerevan as 2012
World Book Capital City by UNESCO.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this
monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million
innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds
of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It
was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia,
France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,
Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
April 24, 2012 | 18:59
YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited the Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute on Tuesday and got familiarized with the
"Book as a Witness of the Genocide" exhibition, presidential press
service informs Armenia News-NEWS.am.
The exhibition was organized on the occasion of the 500th anniversary
of the Armenian typography and the proclamation of Yerevan as 2012
World Book Capital City by UNESCO.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this
monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million
innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds
of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It
was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia,
France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,
Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states.
From: Baghdasarian