How Will Armenian Government Mark 95th Anniversary of Genocide After Protocols Signed?

Armenian Consul General Grigor Hovannisyan, speaking at a panel discussion in Los Angeles on December 18, sought to justify the Armenian government's decision to announce its roadmap to normalize relations with Turkey on the eve of the 94th anniversary of the Armenain Genocide by explaining that the government was planning a grand, international event to mark the 95th anniversary. The announcement of the roadmap killed efforts at gaining recognition of the genocide by US President Barack Obama.

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[haybaxt]

COINCIDED??? Are you serious?

[Avetisahkyans]

'The government is indeed pursuing its goal of exterminating the Armenian race in the Ottoman Empire'. Between 1915 and 1923 the western part of historic Armenia was emptied of Armenians. The death toll is reliably estimated to be over a million. Those who did not die fled to the Middle East, Russia or the USA.

[Avetisahkyans]

In 1915, under the cover of the war, the Ottoman government resolved to expel Turkey's Armenian population (at the time about 1.75m) entirely. Their plan included deportation to the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia (now Iraq). Hundreds of thousands of Armenians were driven out of their homes and either massacred or force-marched into the desert until they died. The German ambassador to Turkey wrote home:

[hoynarnar]

now this nuclear plant meeting in washington dc is "coincided" with 95-th anniversary!!!!!