RA PM TIGRAN SARGSYAN’S MESSAGE ON THE DAY OF COMMEMORATION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

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24.04.2008 11:57

Dear compatriots,

This day is one of those symbolic days when all the Armenians pay
tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims. The objective
behind the crime, which was planned and carried out by the authorities
of the Ottoman Empire, was the extermination of the Armenian people:
over one and a half million Armenians perished as a result of that
dreadful crime, hundreds of thousands old men, women and children
underwent violent deportation.

Today we grieve, and by paying homage to the memory of those innocent
victims of the Great Genocide, we reinterpret in own way the most
important lessons of the past: we cannot be in safety and security,
if we are divided and separated, we cannot prevent major disasters
from recurring if we fail to have a strong statehood: as a nation,
we cannot and should not forget our history.

Dear compatriots,

We should move forward, we must rally round our national goals and
aspirations to build a strong and democratic state, to do our utmost
and the impossible for Armenia’s safety, well-being and development –
for tomorrow’s day of our country.