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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

World honors memory of Armenian Genocide victims: LIVE

World honors memory of Armenian Genocide victims: LIVE

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. The crime committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians was the first genocide of the 20th century. In the Armenian communities around the world on April 24 memorial ceremonies are held, as well as demonstrations in front of the Turkish diplomatic representations. In Yerevan, still on April 23, Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex was crowded. On April 24 the country's leadership, the legislative and executive authorities, the armed forces chief officers, politicians, intellectuals, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Armenia, members of patriotic unions, national minorities, non-governmental organizations, and guests from different parts of the world will visit the Memorial Complex of Tsitsernakaberd.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican and Australia.




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