EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OPENED IN ESTONIA

13:33, 12 March, 2015

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS. On March 20 an exhibition titled
“Armenian Genocide: Front Page Coverage in the World Press” was
officially opened in the National Library of Estonia.

The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov, Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to the Baltic countries Ara Ayvazyan, spiritual pastor
of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Baltic States, Father Khosrov
Stepanyan, Head of the Church Council of Estonia Anders Pyder, Head
of the Armenian Community in Estonisa Razmik Ivanian, Director General
of the National Library of Estonia Janne Andresoo, as well as several
political, public and cultural figures attended the opening ceremony
of the exhibition.

The Information and Public Relations Department of the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia informed “Armenpress” that at the
opening ceremony of the exhibition delivering a speech, the Deputy
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Eduard
Sharmazanov has particularly mentioned that Turkey unfortunately
continues its policy of denial: instead of facing its own history,
recognizing the Armenian Genocide and rapprochement with Armenia,
Turkey has illegally been blockading the Republic of Armenian for
more than two decades. According to the NA Deputy Speaker, Turkey
thwarted the ratification process of the Armenian-Turkish protocols,
unjustly linking the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement with the NK
conflict settlement process.

The RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Baltic
States Ara Ayvazyan, Head of the Church Council of Estonia Anders
Pyder, the Estonian MP Igor Gryazin and Estonian Historian Lembo
Tanning has also come up with speeches at the opening ceremony.