EVENTS FOR THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Thessaloniki, 18 April 2005 (16:30 UTC+2)
Macedonian Press Agency, Greece
April 18 2005
The recognition of the genocide committed by Turkey against the
Armenian people in 1915 demands the Armenian National Committee in
Greece which organizes a series of events in Thessaloniki on April
22-24 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Genocide.
According to a statement it has issued, the premeditated extermination
of the Armenian people living in the Ottoman Empire was launched on
April 24, 1915 and as a result a total of over 1,5 million Armenians
were slaughtered by 1918 in the regions of Van, Mus, Bitlis and
Erzerum.
The Armenian National Committee demands from Turkey to recognize and
condemn the Genocide, return to the Armenian people the territories it
occupies illegally, stop the systematic destruction of Armenian culture
monuments, end the isolation of Armenia and Karabach, stop arming
Azerbaijan and the actions that undermine the peace initiatives aimed
at reaching a fair and viable solution to the Nagorno-Karabach issue.