Carrying torches, candles and the Armenian tri-color, hundreds of Armenian youth in Aksaltskha (Georgia) marched to the Armenian Genocide memorial in the center of town yesterday evening.

Before the march, the young people had gathered at the Armenian church to pray in memory of the victims of the Genocide.

Upon arriving at the memorial, the marchers called on the Georgian government to join the list of foreign countries that have recognized the 1915 Genocide.

The candlelight procession has becoem a tradition in Akhaltskha.