NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to attend Armenian Genocide commemorative event in Sydney

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian will head an impressive list of dignitaries attending the National Armenian Genocide Commemoration at The Concourse in Chatswood on Monday, 24th April 2017, the Armenian National Committee of Australia reported.

Berejiklian is the grandchild of Armenian Genocide survivors, and will be at the event to honour the 1.5 million victims who were massacred by Ottoman Turkey in 1915 - a crime that is remains unpunished after 102 years.

The Premier of Australia's largest state will be joined by Federal Member of Parliament and Chair of the Australia-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Trent Zimmerman, Federal MP Craig Kelly, other lawmakers, representatives of the Greek Embassy, local councillors, clergy, scholars, media and leaders of the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian and Jewish communities.

The National Armenian Genocide Commemoration Evening will feature a keynote address by the Executive Director of the Armenian Legal Centre for Justice & Human Rights Kate Nahapetian, who will discuss Armenian claims for reparations as a result of the Armenian Genocide.