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AMATUNI VIRABYAN: THERE ARE ENOUGH DOCUMENTS IN THE ARCHIVE TO INITIATE A COURT TRIAL AGAINST TURKEY
Thursday 23 October 2014 13:27
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Amatuni Virabyan
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Director of National Archive of Armenia Amatuni
Virabyan said today that there are all the necessary documents on
Armenian Genocide in the archive which will help initiate a court
trial against Turkey.
Ahead of the Armenian Genocide Centennial, the National Archive is
going to publish collections on Armenians' material and cultural
losses over the Genocide years, Mediamax reports.
"We are willing to reveal all the documents on the issue preserved
in the archive within upcoming years. It's work of many years" ,said
the Director of the Archive.
In 2015, the Archive will also publish a collection of documentary
materials on the property owned by Armenian Church including Western
Armenian churches.
"We have a large number of documents on the ownership of our churches
even in the Ottoman Turkish language. Now we aim to translate them
into Armenian or English", said Amatuni Virabyan.
According to him, the works on creating an e-vault of names of
the Armenian Genocide victims are underway. "I don't think we will
be able to collect the names of 1.5million victims. Long time has
passed and we just started the work. But I think we will be able to
publish around 300 thousand names. Presently, the Archive preserves
files of around 30 thousand Armenian orphans whose killed parents'
names are known", said Amatuni Virabyan.
Ahead of 2015, the Archive will also start another project presenting
stories of 100 Armenians who survived the Genocide, found refuges
abroad and became recognized figures in culture, science or business
fields.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/society/12034/
Thursday 23 October 2014 13:27
Photo: PAN Photo
Amatuni Virabyan
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Director of National Archive of Armenia Amatuni
Virabyan said today that there are all the necessary documents on
Armenian Genocide in the archive which will help initiate a court
trial against Turkey.
Ahead of the Armenian Genocide Centennial, the National Archive is
going to publish collections on Armenians' material and cultural
losses over the Genocide years, Mediamax reports.
"We are willing to reveal all the documents on the issue preserved
in the archive within upcoming years. It's work of many years" ,said
the Director of the Archive.
In 2015, the Archive will also publish a collection of documentary
materials on the property owned by Armenian Church including Western
Armenian churches.
"We have a large number of documents on the ownership of our churches
even in the Ottoman Turkish language. Now we aim to translate them
into Armenian or English", said Amatuni Virabyan.
According to him, the works on creating an e-vault of names of
the Armenian Genocide victims are underway. "I don't think we will
be able to collect the names of 1.5million victims. Long time has
passed and we just started the work. But I think we will be able to
publish around 300 thousand names. Presently, the Archive preserves
files of around 30 thousand Armenian orphans whose killed parents'
names are known", said Amatuni Virabyan.
Ahead of 2015, the Archive will also start another project presenting
stories of 100 Armenians who survived the Genocide, found refuges
abroad and became recognized figures in culture, science or business
fields.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/society/12034/