NKR PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS ON 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

armradio.am
24.04.2010 12:29

On 24 April President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan
issued an address in connection with the 95th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, Central Information Department of the Office of
the NKR President reports. The address runs as follows:

"Dear compatriots,

95 years ago a monstrous and unprecedented crime, the Armenian
Genocide, was committed. It was the first genocide of the 20th century;
millions of Armenians fell victim to this, thousands of Armenian
churches and monasteries, schools and colleges were plundered, a unique
civilization was destroyed. The Armenian nation was deprived of a
large part of its historical Motherland and spread all over the world.

For our people these 95 years have been years of struggle and creation,
survival and restoration of historical justice. However, we have not
been alone in this struggle; the progressive mankind has been standing
side by side with us. We are grateful to all those who gave a helping
hand and shelter to the refugee Armenians having escaped the slaughter.

Many countries have recognized and condemned the Genocide. It is
important both for us and the whole mankind because in this way future
massacres could be prevented and excluded. Impunity is an evil in
itself generating new crimes. The Jewish Holocaust organized by the
Nazis, Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Baku and a number of other crimes
are just a few testimonies of that.

Dear friends, Today be bow our heads to the memory of innocent
victims of the Genocide. The best way to immortalize their memory is
to build an independent and powerful statehood, to further strengthen
the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity by realizing nationwide programs
and goals. Every single Armenian must do everything possible to make
our Motherland powerful and invincible, flourishing and prosperous".