ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATED IN BRUSSELS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 26 2006
BRUSSELS, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The events to
commemorate the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide started with
a candle lighting ceremony at the Khachkar to the Armenian Genocide
Victims in Brussels on April 23. Following a liturgy in the Armenian
church of Brussels on April 24, a mourning meeting took place with
the participation of the Armenian Ambassador to Belgium V. Chitechian,
Head of the Armenian mission in NATO S. Mkrtchian, Belgian deputies,
representatives of the local authorities of Brussels, and members of
the Armenian, Jewish and Tutsi communities of the country. According
to the RA MFA Press and Information Deparment, the meeting was followed
by a procession to the Monument to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide
and a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Brussels.