TURKEY MUST APOLOGIZE FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: BESHARA RAI

20:33, 21 April, 2015

Turkey must apologize for the Armenian genocide. As “Armenpress”
reports, citing The Daily Star of Lebanon, Maronite Patriarch Beshara
Rai told reporters Tuesday from the Beirut airport before traveling
to Yerevan for a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the mass
killings.

“The ceremony which will be held [on April 24] in Armenia serves to
sanctify the martyrs [of the genocide],” Rai said.

“We pray for all the martyrs who were killed, whether they were
Armenians, Assyrians or Syriac who were present in this large
disaster.”

When asked whether those responsible for the massacre should apologize
to the Armenian people, the patriarch replied by saying that an
apology has been the constant demand of the Armenian, Assyrian and
Syriac people.

“And this is what should happen and what should always be called for.”

On April 28, Rai will leave Armenia for France where he is expected
to meet with French President Francois Hollande.

He is scheduled to deliver a speech on the role of the Christians in
the Levant in France’s UNESCO headquarters.

From: Baghdasarian