YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide were honored Saturday in Nicosia, Cyprus. Local Armenians led by their church leaders demanded that Turkey recognize the genocide its predecessor had committed. A liturgy was also served at the local Armenian church.
Armenians in Washington, USA began a 91-hour rally on April 22 in front of Turkish embassy demanding that USA and Turkey acknowledge the genocide. On April 22 some 100 New York-based Turks and Azeris held an anti-Armenian rally on Times Square claiming that there was no Armenian genocide. Armenians in Holland marked the 91-st anniversary of the genocide by a rally in front of the Turkish embassy in the Hague and marching then to the parliament building. A letter urging the Dutch parliament to pass a genocide recognizing resolution was handed to parliament officials.
A conference on the genocide was organized by Armenians in Cairo, Egypt. Also a tree-planting event was to take place in Slovakia as a way to honor the victims of the Armenian genocide.-0- The residents of Stepanakert, the capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic, honored today morning the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide. Its leadership, led by president Arkady Ghukasian and the head of the Karabakh diocese of the Armenian Church, laid wreaths to the Genocide Memorial and a church service was conducted. Speaking to journalists, Arkady Ghukasian expressed hope that more nations will recognize officially the first genocide of the last century in 2006.
Nagorno-Karabakh parliament chairman Ashot Ghulian said ‘the wall of silence over the genocide has collapsed and more countries will recognize it.” He said authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh are eager to contribute to the efforts for its international acknowledgment. An author and publicist Zory Balayan told reporters today the Armenian genocide did not last from 1915 to 1923, but began earlier, in 1893 and lasted for almost 30 years. He said it was not only genocide but forcing an entire nation our of his homeland in which it lived for thousands of years.
Ozgal Jan, a representative of the European Turkish Workers party, said today in Yerevan, he was bending his head before the 1.5 million victims of the genocide. He added nations should do everything possible not to allow it repeat again. Ozgal Jan has come to Armenia to specially pay homage to the genocide victims. He had to flee his native Turkey to Germany for his political views. He said not only Armenians, but thousands of Assyrians and Greeks had been slaughtered together with Armenians.
He said his party works to help Armenians and Turks in Europe establish contacts. His party contacts regularly with many European Armenian organizations.
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