Ashot Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov today visited Tsitsernakaberd. He laid a wreath of flowers at the memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims and planted a fir tree in the “Friendship” alley Accompanied by the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Deoyan, Mr. Zubkov walked about the memorial, familiarizing himself with the details of the first genocide of the 20th century. The Prime Minister of Russian was accompanied by the Mayor of Yerevan Yervand Zakharyan, RA Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanyan, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan and others. To remind, in 1995 the Russian State Duma condemned the Armenian Genocide of 1915 with an official statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Russia 14th April 1995: The state Duma of Russia (the parliament) announced that according to existing undeniable documents concerning performance of massacring the Armenians in extremely large numbers in the region of Western Armenia in the years 1915-1922 & performing the accepted conventions by United Nation in this case and also for performing philanthropic traditions of Russian government once more & emphasis on this matter that in the same year (1915) by attempts of Russia, the big European governments titled the committed measures by the government of Turkey against Armenians, "crime against humanity"; meantime the state Duma of federal Russia condemned the performers of the Genocide 1915-1922, express it's sympathy with Armenian nation & announced that the date 24th April, the commemorating date for Genocide's victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Resolution by the State Duma of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation* April 14, 1995 Based on irrefutable historic facts which attest to the extermination of Armenians on the territory of Western Armenia from 1915 to 1922 and, in accordance with the following Conventions adopted by the United Nations: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, December 9, 1948; Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, November 26, 1968; Aspiring to restore the humanitarian traditions of the Russian State and, Emphasizing that through the initiative of Russia, the Great European Powers already in 1915 characterized the actions of the Turkish Empire against the Armenian people as a "Crime Against Humanity" and, Noting that the physical extermination of the fraternal Armenian people in its historic homeland aimed at destroying Russia; The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation: Condemns the perpetrators of the extermination of Armenians from 1915 to 1922; Expresses its deep sympathy to the Armenian people and recognizes April 24 as a day of remembrance for the victims of the Genocide. http://www.armenian-genocide.org/Affirmati...ion_detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Thank you Avo jan, I was gonna post that, but had some people visit me at work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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