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al-Akhbar English, Lebanon
April 25 2013
Armenians commemorate 98th anniversary of genocide
Armenians worldwide gathered Wednesday to mark the 98th anniversary of
the mass killings of their kin in the Ottoman Empire during World War
I, which they want recognized internationally as a genocide.
In Armenia, thousands flocked on to a hilltop memorial above Yerevan
for the annual ceremony broadcast by all national television channels
to lay flowers at the eternal flame.
"Today we bow to the memory of innocent victims," President Serzh
Sarkisian said in a statement.
He attacked modern-day Turkey for refusing to accept that the killings
were genocide - a term strongly rejected by Ankara.
"It is our duty to realize and to bring the attention of the
international community to the fact that denial of the genocide
constitutes direct continuation of that very crime," said Sarkisian.
In Beirut, several hundred demonstrators from all over Lebanon marched
from the Armenian neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud to Martyr's Square to
commemorate the massacre with Armenian flags and traditional music.
Family members of the Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria were also
present at the march, along with representatives of the Amal and
Hezbollah parties, the National News Agency reported.
http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/15617/
From: A. Papazian
April 25 2013
Armenians commemorate 98th anniversary of genocide
Armenians worldwide gathered Wednesday to mark the 98th anniversary of
the mass killings of their kin in the Ottoman Empire during World War
I, which they want recognized internationally as a genocide.
In Armenia, thousands flocked on to a hilltop memorial above Yerevan
for the annual ceremony broadcast by all national television channels
to lay flowers at the eternal flame.
"Today we bow to the memory of innocent victims," President Serzh
Sarkisian said in a statement.
He attacked modern-day Turkey for refusing to accept that the killings
were genocide - a term strongly rejected by Ankara.
"It is our duty to realize and to bring the attention of the
international community to the fact that denial of the genocide
constitutes direct continuation of that very crime," said Sarkisian.
In Beirut, several hundred demonstrators from all over Lebanon marched
from the Armenian neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud to Martyr's Square to
commemorate the massacre with Armenian flags and traditional music.
Family members of the Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria were also
present at the march, along with representatives of the Amal and
Hezbollah parties, the National News Agency reported.
http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/15617/
From: A. Papazian