Armenians of Moscow called on Turkey to recognize Armenian genocide and confess

25.04.2007

The duty of Armenians in keeping the memory of their genocide alive is before all, for the whole of humanity.

YEREVAN (YERKIR) - Events dedicated to the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide launched in Moscow late in the evening of April 23 in the Holy Cross Church.

Head of “Hay Dat” Moscow office Yuri Navoyan told PanARMENIAN.Net that on April 24, a service for the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Holy Cross Church was offered by Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan, head of Russian Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Representatives of the Armenian Embassy in Moscow, members of Armenian organizations of Moscow and youth organizations laid wreaths to the khatchkar in front of the church.

“At 3:00 p.m. representatives of Armenian youth organizations, totalling 500 activists, made for the Turkish embassy in Moscow. Representatives of Kurdish, Greece and Assyrian communities of Moscow accompanied them. Armenian youth organizations of Moscow issued a statement that calls on Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide and confess,” Navoyan underlined.

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