PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN’S ADDRESS ON THE DAY OF COMMEMORATION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
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24.04.2008 12:42
Dear compatriots,
Today we commemorate the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims. As
a result of the genocide planned and perpetrated on the state level in
the Ottoman Empire, a huge part of the Armenian nation was annihilated
in its homeland. A number of cultural and material values the Armenian
nation had created over millennia were destroyed and continue being
destroyed today.
The issue of international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide is a regular and inevitable component of Armenia’s foreign
policy agenda. Armenia, which is home to all Armenians, should make
doubled efforts for restoring the historical justice. The negation in
the condemnation of the Armenian Genocide has no future, especially
today, when many countries of the world have joined their voices to
the voice of truth.
The recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide is not
a narrow national issue of the Armenian people. The crime against
humanity is of universal nature; therefore, it must receive a universal
reaction. Keeping bright the holy memory of the innocent victims,
we are ready to establish normal relations with Turkey without any
preconditions.
Dear compatriots,
Much has been said and written about the reasons and prehistory
of the Armenian Genocide. Many new facts and analyses are waiting
to be published, but one thing was clear from the very beginning:
perpetration of such a crime is possible only under the conditions
of absence of Armenian statehood.
Today, on April 24, we have to realize the exceptional importance of
the Armenian statehood. All Armenians should develop and strengthen
together with their state, which is the security guarantee of our
people.