Papoulias in Yerevan: President expresses solidarity with Armenians over Turkish genocide

Jun 28, 2007
Kathimerini, Greece

President Karolos Papoulias yesterday aimed a clear jab at Turkey for its genocide of the Armenians during a visit to Yerevan, the Armenian capital. “This genocide constitutes the most barbaric act in the contemporary history of mankind,” Papoulias wrote in a visitors’ book at the site of a monument to the Armenian genocide in Yerevan. Later yesterday, the Greek president had talks with Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan. “Both our nations have lived through tortuous times this century,” Papoulias said in a clear reference to Greece’s suffering under the Ottoman occupation.

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Rare Armenian manuscripts on loan to Greece

11/08/2006
ANA-MPA

Armenia's prestigious Matenadaran manuscripts archive will loan out rare translations of Greek texts from classical antiquity for the use by scholars in Greece, under an agreement struck on Tuesday between Greek Parliament Vice-President George Sourlas and his visiting Armenian counterpart Vahan Hovanesian.

According to a press release issued by Parliament, the texts will include works attributed to Plato, for which the original Greek text has been lost.


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