“As a people who have survived genocide, we say no to genocide and to hate. We wish peace upon our Jewish friends and victims of World War II. We say no to Nazism,” member of the Executive Body of the Republican Party, Spokesman of the Republican Party, and former Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said to journalists.

“We are here because this year marks the 75th anniversary of our victory in World War II, where the Armenian people played a large role in the Soviet Army. We had 6 divisions, 106 heroes, 4 marshals, over 100 generals, and over 100,0000 soldiers in the victory against fascism,” Sharmazanov said, speaking about how Ukrainian Marshal Konev liberated Auschwitz on January 27th, 1945. There were 546 Armenians who participated in this effort.

“There are always victims of hate speech and xenophobia. We are here to say no to hate speech, which has spread between nations and in foreign policy in different parts of the world, as well as in internal politics. The hate speech that we see in our own society is encouraged by the authorities, in my opinion.”

Nelly Grigoryan

https://www.aravot-en.am/2020/01/27/249109/