A CROSS-STONE DEDICATED TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS ERECTED IN CARDIFF, WALES

arminfo
2007-11-05 19:45:00

ArmInfo. A khachkar (cross-stone) dedicated to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 has been erected near
the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, Wales.

The information and press department of the Armenian Foreign
Ministry told ArmInfo today that Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to Great Britain Vahe Gabrielian and Speaker of
the Welsh Parliament Lord Dafydd Ellis Thomas were present at the
inauguration of the monument.

The source reports that 100-150 representatives of the Turkish
community in Wales held a demonstration of protest against erection
of the monument in Cardiff. The BBC TV channel covered both the
inauguration of the khachkar and the demonstration of the Turks.