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  • Envoy: Sumgait pogrom 1st ethnic cleansing against Armenians in USSR

    Envoy: Sumgait pogrom 1st ethnic cleansing against Armenians in USSR

    March 1, 2013 - 20:26 AMT


    PanARMENIAN.Net - On February 27, Armenian embassy in Lebanon
    organized a concert in Beirut's Saint Louis Church, with Geghard
    Monastery choir participating.
    In his opening speech Armenian ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharian
    noted that the concert will deepen the cultural ties between the two
    countries.
    The envoy said the event was timed to the 25th anniversary of Sumgait
    pogrom, with hundreds of innocent Armenians falling victim to the
    tragedy.
    Ambassador Kocharian further described Sumgait pogrom as "the first
    ever ethnic cleansing against Armenians in the Soviet Union."
    Leader of Armenian Prelacy of Lebanon Archbishop Gegham Khacherian,
    high-ranking officials, foreign diplomats and cultural workers were
    present at the event, MFA press service reported.

    - See more at: http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/148211/#sthash.drKJRfVo.dpuf

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