LATVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
ARMENPRESS
Apr 20 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS: Latvia’s foreign minister Artis Pabriks,
who arrived in Yerevan yesterday evening, laid a wreath at the Genocide
Museum today to pay tribute to 1.5 million Armenians annihilated in
the Ottoman Turkey between 1915-1921.
"We are paying tribute to all victims of this tragedy. The suffering of
innocent people, of women and children will never be forgotten. Cruelty
and barbarity can not bring peace to peoples. We bow our heads to all
innocent victims of the genocide,’ he wrote in a special book in the
Genocide Museum and Institute.
The foreign minister of Latvia also planted a tree in a nearby alley.
Later in the day Latvia’s foreign minister was received by prime
minister Serzh Sarkisian for a discussion of ways to boost trade and
other ties.
Pabriks was quoted by the government press office as saying that
opening of a direct flight between the two countries would be
instrumental in changing weak economic contacts between his country
and Armenia. He also suggested that both countries could effectively
cooperate in IT and banking sectors.
Both men also underscored bilateral cooperation from the perspective
of Armenia’s declared drive to build as close as possible relations
with the European Union, spurred up by its inclusion in the European
Neighborhood Program.