Manuk Balian: we want historical justice to triumph

April 24, 2010 – 19:43 AMT 14:43 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –

`I had visited Armenia earlier, but this is the first time that I am
here on April 24,’ member of the Armenian ice hockey team Manuk Balian
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. He added that his ancestors were from
Western Armenia.

According to him, a protest action dedicated to the 95th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide will be organized also in Los Angeles on
April 24. American youth will join the event.

Balian was in difficulty to comment over Turks’ reaction to such
events, as the number of Turks is small in Los Angeles. He added that
during a tournament a Turk told him that Armenians are taught at
school to hate Turks. `Actually, this is not true; we just want
historical justice to triumph,’ said Balian.

Doctor Mihran Balayan, who arrived in Armenia from Boston, noted that
this is his first visit to Armenia and he could not refrain from
visiting the Genocide Memorial to commemorate the Armenian Genocide
victims.

`My ancestors are from Western Armenia – Marash,’ said Balayan, noting
that events in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide victims are due
this day also in Boston. `Youth of different nations will join
Armenians during them. We work on familiarizing them with the history
and events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire,’ said Balayan.

In addition, Balayan is going to give lectures to students of Yerevan
Medical University.