Athens News Agency
April 25 2005
Memorial service in Athens commemorates 90th anniversary of Armenian
genocide
Athens, 25/4/2005 (ANA)
A memorial service in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the
Armenian genocide was held on Sunday under the auspices of the Athens
prefecture, and with Interior and Public Administration Minister
Prokopis Pavlopoulos representing the government.
“Such anniversaries do not just affect only those that fell; they do
not only affect those people who, for national reasons, remember all
that occurred in the past … Such anniversaries affect all of us,
all countries and all of the world’s peoples,” Pavlopoulos said.
Among others, brief addresses were made by the Armenian ambassador in
Greece, Vahram Kazhovan, and former Parlia-ment president Apostolos
Kaklamanis.
After the memorial service a wreath was laid at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier for the estimated 1.5 million victims of the Armenian
genocide.