ARMENIA TO COMMEMORATE GREEK GENOCIDE MEMORIAL DAYMay 14, 2002 - 23:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - May 19 the memorial day of the victims of the genocide of Greeks in Ottoman Turkey will be marked in Armenia. Since 1916 the government of "Young Turks" and then Cemal followers carried out purposeful policy on extirpation of Greeks. As a result, over three hundred of Greeks were killed and about 1.5 million escaped. May 19 the procession to the Armenian genocide victims' memorial as well as other actions will be held. The officials of Greek embassy in Armenia, representatives of social and political organizations will participate in the ceremony. It should be reminded the Greek communities of Armenian and Nagorno Karabakh as well as a number of parties raise the issue regarding the need to recognize the fact of the Greek genocide in Ottoman Turkey on official level. As it is known, the Greek parliament recognized the fact of the 1915 Armenian genocide in 1996. Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Partner news | Armenian wrestlers win 3 medals at U20 European Championships The Armenian team has won 3 medals at the U20 European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships. Ameriabank, COAF pool efforts to develop beekeeping in Lori COAF and Ameriabank have presented their joint program Harvesting Nature’s Bounty. Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals. CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. |