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  • Cairo: Egypt sends delegation for Armenian genocide centennial

    Ahram Online
    April 19 2015

    Egypt sends delegation for Armenian genocide centennial


    Delegations from Syria, Iraq and Lebanon are also expected to attend

    Ahram Online , Sunday 19 Apr 2015


    An Egyptian delegation of Christian clergymen will attend the
    hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide this week, state news
    agency MENA reported Sunday.

    Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will head a delegation of 55
    people, including Armenian expats in Egypt and journalists, to attend
    the genocide's centennial in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 20 - 26
    April.

    Several heads of state are also expected to attend the memorial,
    including French President François Hollande, Russian President
    Vladimir Putin and President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades. Delegations
    from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait and UAE will also be present.

    Armenians say up to 1.5 million of them were killed between 1915 and
    1917 as the Ottoman Empire was collapsing, and have long tried to get
    international recognition of the massacres as genocide.

    Turkey, born from the remains of the Ottoman Empire, has vehemently
    denied a systematic mass killing of Armenians. Both countries have no
    diplomatic ties over the issue.


    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128041/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-sends-delegation-for-Armenian-genocide-cente.aspx

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