ARMENIAN AND NKR OFFICIALS THANKED GREEK PARLIAMENT FOR RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN 1996

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.11.2006 16:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Early November NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosian
departed for Greece to participate in the events dedicated to the
10th anniversary of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the
Greek parliament. As reported by the NKR MFA press office, November
7 Armenian National Assembly Vice-speaker Vahan Hovhannisian and the
NKR FM met with Greek parliament Vice-speaker Giorgio Surlas. The RA
and NKR officials thanked the Greek parliament for the recognition of
the Armenian Genocide in 1996. For his part Giorgio Surlas dwelled
on the ethnic cleansings of Armenians and Greeks in the Ottoman
Empire and stressed the necessity of consistent measures for their
recognition. The sides also discussed expansion of the Armenian-Greek
friendly ties and the current stage of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement, reports IA Regnum.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress