PADUA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL

20:40, 13 March, 2015

YEREVAN, 13 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. An international conference on “Armenian
Genocide: 1915-2015: 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide”
was held at the main hall of the University of Padua on 11-12 March.

As the Department of Press, Information and Public Relations of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia reports to
“Armenpress”, the conference was organized by the group studying
the Shoah and massacres and the Department of Political Sciences,
Law and International Studies at the University of Padua.

The event began with welcome speeches by Rector of the University
of Padua Giuseppe Zaccaria, Armenia’s Ambassador to Italy Sargis
Ghazaryan, Head of the Department of Political Sciences, Law and
International Studies Antonio Varsori and representative of Padua
Municipality for cultural affairs Flavio Rodechiero.

In his speech, Ambassador Ghazaryan mentioned that the events
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in
Armenia will be in four directions, including tribute to the victims
of the Armenian Genocide and canonization by the Armenian Apostolic
Church of the victims, the gratitude of the Armenian people to those
who helped the Armenians during the difficult days of the Genocide,
support to the international community’s efforts aimed at preventing
new genocides and the renaissance of the Armenians having survived
the genocide and having reestablished independence.