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ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT UNVEILED IN ATHENS
October 21, 2014 - 14:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - An Assyrian genocide monument was unveiled in Athens,
Greece, where 8,000 Assyrians live. The monument is a memorial for
the Assyrian victims of the Turkish genocide of Christians in World
War One, which claimed 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1.5 million Armenians
and 500,000 Pontic Greeks, AINA reported.
Four hundred people, including members of the Assyrians, Greek and
Armenian communities, as well as representative from the Armenian
embassy attended the ceremony. The current and former mayor of Athens
formally dedicated the monument.
The president of the Assyrian Union of Greece, Kyriakos Betsaras,
opened the ceremony. The Director of the Assyrian Genocide Research
Center, Sabri Atman, and the former Mayor of Egaleo were the keynote
speakers.
Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks cooperate on the issue of the Turkish
genocide. In 2010 a conference was held in the Greek Parliament and
was titled "Three genocides, One Strategy."
The discussion to erect the monument began over three years ago with
the previous mayor of Egaleo. It was a little over a year ago when
the municipal council accepted the Assyrian Union of Greece's request
for a monument to commemorate the victims of the Assyrian Genocide.
The Assyrian Genocide monument in Athens is the 9th genocide
monument to be erected in the world. Monuments have been erected
in: Jonkoping, Sweden; Liege, Belgium; Arnouville, France; Yerevan,
Armenia; Fairfield, Australia; Wales, United Kingdom; Los Angeles,
California; Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/183813/
October 21, 2014 - 14:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - An Assyrian genocide monument was unveiled in Athens,
Greece, where 8,000 Assyrians live. The monument is a memorial for
the Assyrian victims of the Turkish genocide of Christians in World
War One, which claimed 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1.5 million Armenians
and 500,000 Pontic Greeks, AINA reported.
Four hundred people, including members of the Assyrians, Greek and
Armenian communities, as well as representative from the Armenian
embassy attended the ceremony. The current and former mayor of Athens
formally dedicated the monument.
The president of the Assyrian Union of Greece, Kyriakos Betsaras,
opened the ceremony. The Director of the Assyrian Genocide Research
Center, Sabri Atman, and the former Mayor of Egaleo were the keynote
speakers.
Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks cooperate on the issue of the Turkish
genocide. In 2010 a conference was held in the Greek Parliament and
was titled "Three genocides, One Strategy."
The discussion to erect the monument began over three years ago with
the previous mayor of Egaleo. It was a little over a year ago when
the municipal council accepted the Assyrian Union of Greece's request
for a monument to commemorate the victims of the Assyrian Genocide.
The Assyrian Genocide monument in Athens is the 9th genocide
monument to be erected in the world. Monuments have been erected
in: Jonkoping, Sweden; Liege, Belgium; Arnouville, France; Yerevan,
Armenia; Fairfield, Australia; Wales, United Kingdom; Los Angeles,
California; Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/183813/