NOT TO LIMIT THE RESPECT WITHIN THIS ONE DAY
Panorama.am
14:01 24/04/06
Despite the rainy weather the Tsitsernakaberd monumntal complex was
even more crowded this year in comparison with the previous years. From
the early morning people have been paying their tribute of respect to
the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Turkey
from 1915-1923.
At about 11 the Governmental delegation headed by President Robert
Kocharyan as well as the delegation of the religious representatives
headed by Patriarch of All Armenian visited Tsitsernakaberd.
What is the symbol of April 24, what evaluation should be given
to the fact, what should be the attitude of the world towards the
Great Genocide and what does Armenia do for that? These are the
questions that are still on the agenda. “There were countries which
recognized the fact of the criminal action and those where monuments
were erected. The achievements are obvious and year by year more and
more countries realize that this was a criminal action against the
whole humanity,” RA NA vice Speaker Tigran Torosyan says.
The dean of YSU faculty of sociology Lyudmila Haroutyunyan is deeply
sure that justice will triumph and the world will recognize the fact
of the Great Armenian Genocide.
The Ukrainian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Armenia
Alexander Bozhkoy thinks: “Today we have to remember and learn a lesson
from the dark days of the history as after the Armenian Genocide there
came Hitler camps, artificial hunger (“gladomor”) in the Ukraine, and
Stalin massacres in the end. Thus, we must remember about all that.”
Talking about the symbol of April 24 Armenia’s chief Procurator
Aghvan Hovsepyan emphasizes: “Today all of us respect the memory of
the innocent victims of the Great Armenian Genocide and we must do
our best not to limit it within this one day.”