FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER OF URUGUAY WHICH WAS THE FIRST STATE TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VISITS TSITSERNAKABERD
ARMENPRESS
4 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: Uruguayan Foreign affairs minister Luis
Almagro who is in Armenia on official visit visited Armenian genocide
victims' memorial Tsitsernakaberd. Armenpress reports that the foreign
minister of the country, which was the first to recognize the greatest
crime against humanity in the beginning of 20-th century - Armenian
genocide, put a wreath near the eternal flame of the memorial.
Accompanied with the director of Armenian genocide Museum-institute of
Armenian National Academy of sciences Hayk Demoyan he went around of
the memorial territory, museum-institute, got acquainted with factual
materials, documents, photos of the crime. Luis Almagro put a note
in the book of Tsitsernakaberd's honorable guests, planted a fir in
Memorial park.
"The whole history of Uruguay shows that it is a country which
respects Human rights. Uruguay did not expect others to recognize
Armenian genocide and he first recognized it" said foreign affairs
minister Luis Almagro.
Among other more than twenty countries, Vatican, European Parliament,
International council of Churches, other prestigious institutions,
42 states of USA, municipal structures of world's different cities
Uruguay recognized and condemned Armenian genocide in 1965.
ARMENPRESS
4 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: Uruguayan Foreign affairs minister Luis
Almagro who is in Armenia on official visit visited Armenian genocide
victims' memorial Tsitsernakaberd. Armenpress reports that the foreign
minister of the country, which was the first to recognize the greatest
crime against humanity in the beginning of 20-th century - Armenian
genocide, put a wreath near the eternal flame of the memorial.
Accompanied with the director of Armenian genocide Museum-institute of
Armenian National Academy of sciences Hayk Demoyan he went around of
the memorial territory, museum-institute, got acquainted with factual
materials, documents, photos of the crime. Luis Almagro put a note
in the book of Tsitsernakaberd's honorable guests, planted a fir in
Memorial park.
"The whole history of Uruguay shows that it is a country which
respects Human rights. Uruguay did not expect others to recognize
Armenian genocide and he first recognized it" said foreign affairs
minister Luis Almagro.
Among other more than twenty countries, Vatican, European Parliament,
International council of Churches, other prestigious institutions,
42 states of USA, municipal structures of world's different cities
Uruguay recognized and condemned Armenian genocide in 1965.