Schwarzenegger Declares April 23-27 Week of Remembrance of Genocide

AZG Armenian Daily #074, 22/04/2006

Armenian Genocide

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER DECLARES APRIL 23-27 A WEEK OF REMEMBRANCE OF
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared April 23-27
a week of remembrance of Armenian genocide victims, Lisa Galustian,
governor’s Los Angeles office deputy head, told RFE/RL. Underscoring
that California has the second largest Armenian population after
Armenia he stated that the descendants of Genocide survivors play an
important role in such spheres as state economy, culture, education
and governance. Mr. Schwarzenegger made an appeal to recognize the
Genocide. “The path to a more hopeful future lies through recognizing
the past. With this hope I stand beside our friends from the Armenian
community and urge the freedom loving Americans and other nations of
the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide.”

The Genocide remembrance week has aroused the indignation of Turkish
and Azerbaijani communities of America, and they are going to hold
protests during the week.

By Karine Danielian