Today we commemorate the Meds Yeghern and honor those who perished in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
Though unprecedented the message, it is nothing more than a try to obstruct the international recognition and condemnation of Turkey for what it did to the Armenians, beginning April 24, 1915.
Message of Turkish Prime Minister on Events of 1915 (Unofficial Translation)
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today welcomed a U.S. congressional delegation led by Representative Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Chanting “Recognition, Denunciation, Compensation”, scores of young Armenians held a torchlight procession through the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on the eve of April 24.
On the eve of the 99th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, throngs of people carrying lit torches made their way on foot from the center of Yerevan to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex on a hill overlooking the Armenian capital to honor the 1.5 million innocent victims of the Medz Yegheren.
A memorial commemorating the 1915 Armenian Genocide was installed yesterday in the Armenian populated Georgian town of Ninotsminda.