ARMENIA COMMEMORATES VICTIMS OF 1915 GENOCIDE

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
April 24, 2007 Tuesday 05:44 AM EST

Armenia commemorates 1.5 million victims of genocide that the Ottoman
Turkish empire committed against Armenians in 1915.

Thousands of people and the country’s authorities laid flowers at
the memorial to genocide victims in Yerevan.

The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II
prayed for the killed Armenians.

"Many countries of the world together with Armenians do remember and
commemorate this day," Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said in
his message.

"The world community recognizes that genocide is a crime aimed not
only against a certain nation, but against the whole humankind," he
said. "Denial and cover-up of this crime is no less dangerous than
preparations for it and its commission."

"The Republic of Armenia should prosper and develop as the fatherland
of all Armenians," Kocharyan said. "Strong, democratic and prosperous
Armenia should be a response of the Armenian people to those, who
planned, committed genocide and denies it."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress