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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN SYRIA
Panorama.am
25/04/2012
The 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide has been commemorated in
Damascus, as local Armenian community bowed tribute to the innocent
victims of Armenian Genocide.
MFA press and information department says Armenian Ambassador to
Syria Arshak Poladyan and embassy staff put flowers on the Memorial
to victims of Armenian Genocide.
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully.
Note that the following states have recognized and condemned the
Armenian Genocide carried out in the Ottoman Turkey: Uruguay (1965),
Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russian Federation (1995), Canada
(1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000),
Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004),
the Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela
(2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). Armenian
Genocide is also recognized by the European Parliament and World
Council of Churches.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama.am
25/04/2012
The 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide has been commemorated in
Damascus, as local Armenian community bowed tribute to the innocent
victims of Armenian Genocide.
MFA press and information department says Armenian Ambassador to
Syria Arshak Poladyan and embassy staff put flowers on the Memorial
to victims of Armenian Genocide.
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully.
Note that the following states have recognized and condemned the
Armenian Genocide carried out in the Ottoman Turkey: Uruguay (1965),
Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russian Federation (1995), Canada
(1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000),
Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004),
the Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela
(2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). Armenian
Genocide is also recognized by the European Parliament and World
Council of Churches.
From: A. Papazian