FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER WANTS TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

30/09/06
Panorama.am

“Even we know all these, it is still very painful,” Armen Petrosyan, expert in Armenianology said after his tour at the Genocide Museum. The expert said he was in Armenia 20 years ago but he is at the memorial to the genocide victims for the first time. “This place and these memories make very heavy impressions,” he said.

Yuri Jorkaef, famous football player, also visits the memorial for the first time. “I think it is important for the unification of Armenians,” the footballer said, also saying that the fire should never go down. “I expect that as some countries in the world, including France, Turkey will also recognize the Armenian genocide one day,” Jorkaef told reporters.

Memorial stones will be put at the monument to pay gratitude to those countries which recognize the Armenian genocide. Today, the first stone was installed with a notice, “France publicly recognizes the Armenian Genocide.” /Panorama.am/

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