Annual April 23 torchlight procession is a covenant, expressing confidence for regaining rights in future, with liberation of Western Armenia among them, head of Armenian Cause Office, ARFD representative said.

“Through this torchlight procession we say NO to Turkey,” Kiro Manoyan said.

Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Levon Mkrtchyan, in turn, said, “We pass the baton to our future generations until we have a united Armenia.”

“There can be no recognition without compensation; restoration of justice implies building of statehood in Armenians’ united homeland.”