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Armenian President's message on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
12:43, 27 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has issued a message on the
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the
Holocaust. The message reads, in part:
"The genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people during the years
of theWorld War Second is, indeed, one of the most cruel and tragic
pages in human history. January 27, which symbolized the liberation of
the Auschwitz concentration camp, became an important haven for
stopping the evil of the Holocaust.
The commemoration of the Holocaust victims and the condemnation of
this genocide is urgent as long as there are most different
expressions of hatred and intolerance based on national, racist and
religious ground, and as long as the threat of reoccurrence of crimes
against humanity is there.
It's an unequivocal truth that consigning of the victims of genocide
to oblivion and denying the genocides, especially on a state level, is
one of the stages of that crime. It's a double crime not only against
the innocent victims, but also against the present and the future.
Perhaps, it could be possible to prevent the crime perpetrated under
the cover of World War Second, had the crime against humanity
perpetrated during World War First been dully condemned by the
international community.
Once again bowing before the memory of the innocent victims of the
Holocaust, I would like to express my support and solidarity to the
Jewish people, the Jewish community of Armenia. The Armenian nation,
which is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,
more than understands the pain of the Jewish people.
I reiterate our commitment to fight jointly to prevent the crimes
against humanity with a resoluteness to say "never again."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/27/armenian-presidents-message-on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
From: Baghdasarian
12:43, 27 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has issued a message on the
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the
Holocaust. The message reads, in part:
"The genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people during the years
of theWorld War Second is, indeed, one of the most cruel and tragic
pages in human history. January 27, which symbolized the liberation of
the Auschwitz concentration camp, became an important haven for
stopping the evil of the Holocaust.
The commemoration of the Holocaust victims and the condemnation of
this genocide is urgent as long as there are most different
expressions of hatred and intolerance based on national, racist and
religious ground, and as long as the threat of reoccurrence of crimes
against humanity is there.
It's an unequivocal truth that consigning of the victims of genocide
to oblivion and denying the genocides, especially on a state level, is
one of the stages of that crime. It's a double crime not only against
the innocent victims, but also against the present and the future.
Perhaps, it could be possible to prevent the crime perpetrated under
the cover of World War Second, had the crime against humanity
perpetrated during World War First been dully condemned by the
international community.
Once again bowing before the memory of the innocent victims of the
Holocaust, I would like to express my support and solidarity to the
Jewish people, the Jewish community of Armenia. The Armenian nation,
which is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,
more than understands the pain of the Jewish people.
I reiterate our commitment to fight jointly to prevent the crimes
against humanity with a resoluteness to say "never again."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/27/armenian-presidents-message-on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
From: Baghdasarian