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    ARMENIAN MASSACRE IN SUMGAIT COMMEMORATED IN MOSCOW

    news.am
    Feb 28 2011
    Armenia

    The Sumgait massacre was organized to prevent the Nagorno-Karabakh
    Armenians from expressing their will to withdraw from Azerbaijan and
    join Armenia, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Oleg Yesayan stated at
    a function in commemoration of the Sumgait massacre victims near the
    Armenian Church of Surb Harutyun (Holy Resurrection), in Moscow, Feb.
    28.

    Attending the ceremony were Armenian Embassy staff, Prime
    Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Ara Harutyunyan,
    NKR Representation staff, members of local Armenian NGOs, students
    and Armenians residing in Moscow. They laud a wreath at the khachkar
    (cross-stone), commemorating the Sumgait massacre victims.

    Head of the Novo-Nakhichevan diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church,
    Bishop Ezras Nersisyan spoke at the ceremony. He pointed out that the
    events in Sumgait in 1988 are one of the tragic pages of the Armenian
    people`s history. Armenians throughout the world will never forget
    the tragedy.

    Ambassador Oleg Yesayan pointed out that the tragic events must be
    viewed as genocide, a continuation of the Great Genocide of 1915. The
    Sumgait massacre was aimed at breaking the Armenian people`s will
    for historical justice. "However, the Azerbaijani leaders failed to
    dishearten Armenians and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is reality now,"
    Ambassador Yesayan said.




    From: A. Papazian
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