POLES AND ALBANIANS OF UK COMMEMORATED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.04.2006 01:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Events dedicated to the 91st anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 were held in London April
21-24. April 21 a commemoration soiree in Ealing was attended by
Mayor Michael Elliot, member of the House of Commons Steven Pound,
representatives of the Armenian community, Poles, Albanians and
other nations residing in the district. RA Ambassador to the UK Vahe
Gabrielyan was also present at the event.
April 22 some 500 representatives of the Armenian community marched
along the London streets. They were carrying posters condemning
Turkey’s Genocide denial policy. The action participants laid wreaths
to the monument of those killed in World Wars and also conveyed a
message to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.