NO JUSTIFICATION FOR MASS DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLES ON NATIONAL BASIS – PUTIN

YEREVAN, April 22. / ARKA /. In his address to the participants of a
gathering ‘World Without Genocide,” commemorating the centenary of
the Armenian Genocide, Russian president Vladimir Putin said mass
destruction on a national basis can not be justified.

“Russia’s position has been and remains objective and consistent: mass
destruction on a national basis can not be justified. The international
community must do everything possible so that such atrocities never
happen again. New generations of Armenians and other peoples of the
region should live in peace and harmony, without the horrors that
result from inciting religious hatred, aggressive nationalism and
xenophobia,” his address said.

Putin t wished “the brotherly Armenia, all the Armenians living in
Russia peace and prosperity”, RIA Novosti reported.-0-