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MEMBERS OF THE EP EU-ARMENIA FRIENDSHIP GROUP VISIT TSITSERNAKABERD
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15:29 24.04.2013
On the occasion of its first official visit to Armenia, members and
participants of the newly created EU-Armenia Friendship Group in
the European Parliament attended and paid respects at the memorial
ceremony of the Armenian Genocide held at the Tsiternakapert Genocide
memorial complex in Yerevan.
Members of the delegation took part in the laying of the wreath
ceremony and also visited the Genocide museum afterwards.
In relation to this morning's events, the President of the EU-Armenia
Friendship Group, leader of the delegation Dr Eleni Theocharous stated:
"We will never forget the victims of the Armenian Genocide carried
out by the authoritarian Young Turks government in 1915. We will
continue fighting for the restoration of the human rights of all
people on earth whose rights are being compromised."
Valerie Boyer, a French Member of Parliament who joined the EU-Armenia
Friendship Group on its first visit stated:
"I am very touched to be in Yerevan for this occasion. It is an
absolute necessity to for the Armenian Genocide to gain international
recognition. Recognition is a question of dignity and honour, not
only to recognize the past but also to reinforce ideals of human
rights which are of great importance to world we live in today."
Furthermore, Kaspar Karampetian the President of the European Armenian
Federation of Justice and Democracy, said:
"It is a great joy and honour for me to be present with the EU-Armenia
Friendship Group in the European Parliament and also with Mrs Valerie
Boyer a long lasting supporter of the Armenian cause in France. It is
an honour for me to be present in Yerevan on this specific occasion to
commemorate the Armenian genocide at its official memorial ceremony."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/24/members-of-the-ep-eu-armenia-friendship-group-visit-tsitsernakaberd/
15:29 24.04.2013
On the occasion of its first official visit to Armenia, members and
participants of the newly created EU-Armenia Friendship Group in
the European Parliament attended and paid respects at the memorial
ceremony of the Armenian Genocide held at the Tsiternakapert Genocide
memorial complex in Yerevan.
Members of the delegation took part in the laying of the wreath
ceremony and also visited the Genocide museum afterwards.
In relation to this morning's events, the President of the EU-Armenia
Friendship Group, leader of the delegation Dr Eleni Theocharous stated:
"We will never forget the victims of the Armenian Genocide carried
out by the authoritarian Young Turks government in 1915. We will
continue fighting for the restoration of the human rights of all
people on earth whose rights are being compromised."
Valerie Boyer, a French Member of Parliament who joined the EU-Armenia
Friendship Group on its first visit stated:
"I am very touched to be in Yerevan for this occasion. It is an
absolute necessity to for the Armenian Genocide to gain international
recognition. Recognition is a question of dignity and honour, not
only to recognize the past but also to reinforce ideals of human
rights which are of great importance to world we live in today."
Furthermore, Kaspar Karampetian the President of the European Armenian
Federation of Justice and Democracy, said:
"It is a great joy and honour for me to be present with the EU-Armenia
Friendship Group in the European Parliament and also with Mrs Valerie
Boyer a long lasting supporter of the Armenian cause in France. It is
an honour for me to be present in Yerevan on this specific occasion to
commemorate the Armenian genocide at its official memorial ceremony."