Aram I: We urge Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide
On February 19, 2009, Mrs. Rakel Dink, the widow of assassinated Agos editor Hrant Dink visited His Holiness Aram I at the Spiritual Centre of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Antelias, Lebanon.
Mrs. Dink informed His Holiness of the circumstances of the assassination of her husband on January 19, 2007 in Istanbul, and the procedures adopted by the criminal court in Turkey to judge 17-year-old assassin Ogun Samast and his accomplices.
At the end of the audience, His Holiness Aram I declared, "The Armenian Genocide is a historical fact. We demand that Turkey takes responsibility for the acts of genocide planned and executed by their forefathers."
Mrs. Dink and the other guests offered their prayers at the Memorial to the one and a half million victims of the Genocide.
Mrs. Dink informed His Holiness of the circumstances of the assassination of her husband on January 19, 2007 in Istanbul, and the procedures adopted by the criminal court in Turkey to judge 17-year-old assassin Ogun Samast and his accomplices.
At the end of the audience, His Holiness Aram I declared, "The Armenian Genocide is a historical fact. We demand that Turkey takes responsibility for the acts of genocide planned and executed by their forefathers."
Mrs. Dink and the other guests offered their prayers at the Memorial to the one and a half million victims of the Genocide.
