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Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency website, Greece
Feb 27 2013
Armenian Protest at Azerbaijani Consulate
Members of the Armenian community staged a protest at the consulate of
Azerbaijan in Athens on Wednesday [27 February] to commemorate the
"25th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in Sumgayit."
Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of Greece Tavit Bedrosian
told AMNA, "In 1988, as soon as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic declared
its independence, Azerbaijan attacked the city of Sumgayit, near the
Caspian Sea, where the population was predominantly Armenian, and
within two days killed at least 150 people as revenge for the Armenian
movement for independence."
Bedrosian said the committee held a protest annually "to remind the
international public opinion that Azerbaijan's gas and oil will not
bend the will of Armenians," and called for the Greek government to
convey, in any contacts with the country, the Armenian anger.
The participants also gave a memo to the consulate requesting that
Azerbaijan come to the negotiation table "for a peaceful, just and
final resolution to the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh."
Feb 27 2013
Armenian Protest at Azerbaijani Consulate
Members of the Armenian community staged a protest at the consulate of
Azerbaijan in Athens on Wednesday [27 February] to commemorate the
"25th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in Sumgayit."
Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of Greece Tavit Bedrosian
told AMNA, "In 1988, as soon as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic declared
its independence, Azerbaijan attacked the city of Sumgayit, near the
Caspian Sea, where the population was predominantly Armenian, and
within two days killed at least 150 people as revenge for the Armenian
movement for independence."
Bedrosian said the committee held a protest annually "to remind the
international public opinion that Azerbaijan's gas and oil will not
bend the will of Armenians," and called for the Greek government to
convey, in any contacts with the country, the Armenian anger.
The participants also gave a memo to the consulate requesting that
Azerbaijan come to the negotiation table "for a peaceful, just and
final resolution to the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh."