Armenian President awards Medal of Gratitude to journalist Talal Khrais in Rome

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YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan has awarded the Medal of Gratitude to journalist Talal Khrais, the founder of Assadakah, for his significant contribution in strengthening and developing the friendly ties between Armenia and Italy.

President Khachaturyan awarded the medal to Khrais in Rome. He described the journalist as a “true friend of the Armenian people.”

Khrais said that he learnt about the Armenian Genocide when he was 16 living in Beirut. “I’ve been committed to the Armenian cause ever since and I won’t stop my struggle for a fair resolution of the issue,” he said.

Talal Khrais is the correspondent of Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) in Rome and the Holy See.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS