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    PRESIDENT SARGSYAN CONVENES MEETING TO LOOK INTO STATUS OF EVENTS TO MARK CENTENARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    YEREVAN, February 10. / ARKA /. Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan
    convened a meeting today to discuss the status of a string of planned
    events to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian genocide committed
    by the government of Ottoman Turkey in the final years of World War 1.

    The meeting attended by the heads of government agencies was chaired
    by president Sargsyan, who is chairman of the state commission on
    coordination of the events.

    Sargsyan's press service said the participants were introduced to the
    program of events, the timetable of a string of commemorative events
    to be held in Armenia and abroad under the slogan "I Remember and
    Demand." The coordinator of the events, chief of presidential staff
    Vigen Sargsyan, delivered a report on the matter.

    The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century.

    According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million
    Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by
    the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.

    The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first
    was Uruguay that did so in 1965.

    Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium,
    Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus,
    Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states.

    It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the
    World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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