AZG Armenian Daily #099, 24/05/2008
Armenian Genocide
OPENING OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT IN CYPRUS POSTPONED
"Azg" daily informed on May 6 that a monument of Armenian Genocide
would be erected in Cyprian Larnaca and that the new President of
Armenia Serge Sargsian would participate in the opening ceremony. By
the way, the decision to erect a monument of Armenian Genocide in
Larnaca was made by the Municipality of Larnaca and affirmed by the
Parliament and Government of Cyprus unanimously.
The information was based on Turkish press, which in its turn cited
from Cyprian "Philiephteros" newspaper.
On May 22, the same press published an article titled "Opening of
so-called Armenian Genocide monument didn’t have success". The article
mentions that the opening ceremony is postponed according to the
statement of Cyprian authorities.
Independent of their motivation that the monument is not finished yet
and the ceremony preparations continue to delay, President of the
Republic of Cyprus Dimitris Christophias and leader of the Turkish
region Mehmed Ali Talat started a negotiation process.
By Hakob Chakrian, translated by L.H.