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Aram I: We urge Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide
21.02.2009 16:01 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On February 19, 2009, Mrs. Rakel Dink, the widow of
assassinated Agos editor Hrant Dink visited His Holiness Aram I at the
Spiritual Centre of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Antelias, Lebanon.
Mrs. Dink informed His Holiness of the circumstances of the
assassination of her husband on January 19, 2007 in Istanbul, and the
procedures adopted by the criminal court in Turkey to judge
17-year-old assassin Ogun Samast and his accomplices.
At the end of the audience, His Holiness Aram I declared,
â??The Armenian Genocide is a historical fact. We demand that
Turkey takes responsibility for the acts of genocide planned and
executed by their forefathers.â??
Mrs. Dink and the other guests offered their prayers at the Memorial
to the one and a half million victims of the Genocide.