2006 MUST BECOME YEAR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION: ARKADY GHOUKASSYAN
Stepanakert, April 24. ArmInfo. The Nagorno Karabakh Republic is
commemorating the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide today.
NKR President Arkady Ghoukassyan, MPs, officers, clergymen and
intelligentsia came to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the morning to
pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the tragic events of 1915.
“2006 must be the year of the international recognition of the Armenian
Genocide. Today this is one of the key goals of our nation, and I am
sure that we will attain it,” Ghoukassyan said.
Speaker of the NKR Parliament Ashot Gulyan said that all available
parliamentary ties must be used for attaining the international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the NKR authorities must
make their contribution to this cause.
NKR Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan said that commemorating our
compatriots today we must realize the necessity of our national
unity. “We must learn a lesson from our past mistakes and must chose
the right way to lead our nation to prosperity,” Ohanyan said. He
noted that by recognizing the Genocide Turkey will improve its
relations with its neighbors and will be recognized in the world as
a democratic state.