ARMENIA SHOULD PROTECT HISTORICAL MEMORY

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2007 15:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire is a tragedy
of the world history, Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas told
reporters in Yerevan after attending the Memorial to Armenian Genocide
victims and Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide.

"These events remind of the history of the Lithuanian nation in the
years of soviet occupation in 1940-1948," he said.

"Armenia and Lithuania should protect historical memory to ensure
peace for next generations irrespective of nationality," he added.

"I am glad that Armenia and Lithuania can be full-grown members of
the international community. We can create and face up the future,"
the Minister said, Novosti Armenia reports.