MEMORIAL TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS ERECTED IN ROME
Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 27 2006
November 23 the festive opening of the memorial to the Armenian
Genocide victims was held in Rome. "Armenpress" was told from the
European Armenian Federation Office in Italy that the opening ceremony
was attended by representative of the Mayor of Rome, Chairman of the
Cultural Issues Commission Saverio Galeota, RA Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to Italy Ruben Shugaryan, a great number of secular
and religious figures, representatives of different organizations
and unions.
In his speech Saverio Galeota highly assessed the role of the Armenian
community in Italy, adding that " Justice and democracy are cherished
objectives, for the achievement of which no effort should be spared."
Robert Shugaryan thanked the Municipality of Rome for this initiative,
noting that "Armenia, which recently celebrated the 15th anniversary
of independence, takes an example of democracy from Italy."