Memorial Plaque of Armenian Genocide Victims Opens in Rome

28.11.2006

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A Memorial Plaque, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 has opened in Rome. The Plaque is established with the assistance of Rome City Administration at the instance of the Armenian community of the Italian capital, indignant at establishing a monument to Kemal Ataturk. Talks over establishment of the Plaque were held by Head of the Italian Department of the Hay Dat European Office Aleko Pezikian since July 2006.

The opening ceremony started in the yard of St. Nikoghos Church with anthems of Italy and Armenia, followed by a speech by Pezikian, who thanked the Rome Administration. He also noted that after the Italian Parliament adopted the resolution, recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the Rome Administration also passed a respective decision.

In his turn Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Shugaryan noted that the memory on the Genocide does not have a statute of limitation, it is not a political question or that of return of lands. «It should become part of human history, which should be conveyed to generations,» Shugaryan noted. The Armenian Ambassador also hoped that Armenia will soon become part of the European community, reports the Azdak.

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