GREEK FIGURES ADDRESS WORDS OF REPROACH TO TURKEY DURING DEMONSTRATIONS IN ATHENS ON OCCASION OF GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 24 2007

ATHENS, APRIL 24, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Demonstrations are
organized in Greece, France, England and the U.S. on the occasion
of the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As the Radikal
daily states, Greek politicians addressed words of reproach to Turkey
during the demonstrations taken place in Athens and Salonika. Yiannis
Varvichiyotis, a member of the New Democracy party made a speech
in Athens. He said during his speech: "The Turkish state committed
a genocide upon a brave people. The first organized genocide of the
20th century was committed just against the Armenians. We condemn U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s attempts to prevent adoption
of the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide by the Congress.