NKR PRESIDENT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

armradio.am
24.04.2009 17:40

On 24 April, on the day of the Great Armenian Genocide President
of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan accompanied by top
officials of the republic visited Stepanakert memorial complex and paid
homage to the memory of innocent martyrs of this grave crime, Central
Information Department of the Office of the NKR President reported.

On the same day the President sent an address in connection with the
Genocide victim day. The address reads:

"Respected compatriots,

Today we commemorate the 94th anniversary of the Great Armenian
Genocide planned and brutally executed at the beginning of the 20th
century by the authorities of Ottoman Turkey and pay homage to the
memory of all innocent victims of this sinister policy.

In the face of humanity the entire nation was slaughtered, thousands
of settlements were destroyed and deserted, millions of Armenians
lost their homeland and found refuge in all quarters of the world. The
year of 1915 was one of the most tragic periods in our centuries-old
history.

However, the Armenian people have found strength to rebirth, restore
independent statehood and independently determine its future. The
developing Republic of Armenia, free and independent Artsakh, strong
Armenian Diaspora are the best evidence of that.

Every single Armenian must always remember our martyrs.

And every developed and democratic state should recognize and condemn
the genocide. This is one of the most efficient means to be committed
to universal values and prevent similar crimes. The denial of genocide
is the continuation of genocidal policy.

I am confident that the entire progressive mankind will recognize
the fact of this grave crime against the Armenian people sooner or
later and historical justice will be finally restored."