ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA – EASTERN REGION TAKES PART IN EVENT DEDICATED TO ANNIVERSARY OF PONTIAN GENOCIDE

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 23, 2008

NEW YORK, MAY 23, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. The Executive Director
of the Armenian National Committee of America – Eastern Region took
part in an event dedicated to the 89th anniversary of the Pontian
Genocide, which took place in New York.

The event was organized by the Hellenic Societies of the Greater New
York and in the Pan-Pontian Federation of the United States of America
and Canada. Dimitris Milohides, the Secretary of the Pan-Pontian
Federation of the United States of America and Canada, turned to
those present calling to take decisive steps in the direction of the
recognition of the Pontian Genocide.

Karine Birazian as well addressed the crowd on behalf of the Armenian
National Committee of America. "The tragic sufferings of Armenians,
Assyrians and Greeks will never be forgotten. The Turkish government
is trying to silence us but we will not keep silent and together will
we reach the recognition of this great crime," she said.

The Potian Genocide has officially been recognized by Greece, Cyprus,
and in the United States of America by New York, New Jersey, Florida,
South California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois states.