MEMORIAL PLAQUE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS OPENS IN ROME
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.11.2006 14:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A Memorial Plaque, dedicated to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 has opened in Rome. The
Plaque is established with the assistance of Rome City Administration
at the instance of the Armenian community of the Italian capital,
indignant at establishing a monument to Kemal Ataturk. Talks over
establishment of the Plaque were held by Head of the Italian Department
of the Hay Dat European Office Aleko Pezikian since July 2006.
The opening ceremony started in the yard of St. Nikoghos Church with
anthems of Italy and Armenia, followed by a speech by Pezikian, who
thanked the Rome Administration. He also noted that after the Italian
Parliament adopted the resolution, recognizing the Armenian Genocide,
the Rome Administration also passed a respective decision.
In his turn Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Shugaryan noted that
the memory on the Genocide does not have a statute of limitation,
it is not a political question or that of return of lands. "It should
become part of human history, which should be conveyed to generations,"
Shugaryan noted. The Armenian Ambassador also hoped that Armenia will
soon become part of the European community, reports the Azdak.