BRAZILIANS PAID TRIBUTE TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.04.2009 19:28 GMT+04:00

On April 23, Genocide commemoration ceremonies were held in San
Paulo House of Parliament, Brazil, on the initiative of MP Victor
Sapiens. The ceremony was attended by National Federal Congress members
Arnaldo Faria de San and Adson Aparisedo, as well as representatives
of national and religious societies.

Ceremony participants stressed the importance of the international
recognition of Armenian Genocide. Valeri Mkrtumyan, RA General Counsel
in San Paulo also delivered speech in that connection. Ceremonies
dedicated to Armenian Genocide 94th anniversary commemoration, were
also held in Ozasko. On April 24, "Folha de S. Paulo", a well known
newspaper in the town, published an article entitled "Not a single
Genocide must be Forgotten" (author: State Governor Jose Serra). The
article was dedicated to the Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s negation
policy, RA MFA Press Service reports.