ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF GEORGIA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN TBILISI
news.am
April 13 2010
Armenia
Today, at 1:00 p.m. Armenian community of Georgia launches a campaign
at 1:00 p.m. near Avlabar metro station in Tbilisi. The participants
will collect symbolic 1915 signatures under appeal to president,
parliament and political parties of Georgia.
The action is dedicated to 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide,
when 1.5 million Armenians were killed in Ottoman Empire in 1915.
As NEWS.am reported earlier, Armenian community of Georgia applied to
president and parliament with a request to consider the recognition
of Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by Ottoman Empire. The document
particularly says of drafting a relevant bill and calls for paying
tribute to Genocide victims in the course of April 24 parliamentary
session.