RA NA SPEAKER’S ADDRESS ON OCCASION OF DAY OF MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 23 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Assembly Speaker Tigran
Torosian addressed to the Armenian people on the occasion of the day
of memory of the Armenian Genocide victims. The message, the text
of which was submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA NA Public Relations
Department, says:

"Dear compatriots,

Our people today again pays tribute of its respect to memory of the
victims of the Armenian Genocide planned and committed in the early
20th century by Ottaman Turkey. The number of those countries which,
recognizing and condemning that terrible crime, not only express their
moral assistance to our people, but also affirm their responsibility
for civilization and human fate, and assure that moral values are
for them higher than different political and group interests and
small-minded accountings.

Bowing our heads in memory of the Armenian Genocide martyrs, we must
not only chase with firm succession the unreserved recognition of
one of the most violent events of the human history but we are also
obliged to strengthen with our unity and work the two Armenian states
as the best monument in memory of the victims and the most important
quarantee of safe and honourable life of our compatriots living in
the Fatherland and Diaspora."