CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS CALLS ON THE WORLD’S COUNTRIES TO RECOGNIZE
THE GENOCIDE

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on May 08, 2008
Armenia

In his yesterday’s speech delivered in Vatican, Catholicos of All
Armenians Karekin II appealed to all the countries of the world to
recognize the Armenian Genocide.

Addressing the thousands of believers who were present at the meeting
with Pope Benedict XVI, the Supreme Patriarch called on `all the
nations and countries to join their efforts to condemn all the
genocides that have occurred in the course of history.’

`The renunciation of such heinous crimes is as unfair as committing
them. Many countries of the world have recognized and condemned the
Genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire,’ the Catholicos of All
Armenians mentioned.

At yesterday’s meeting with the believers, Benedict XVI spoke about the
ordeals of the Armenian Christians, `especially those that occurred in
the course of the past century.’