Uruguay rallies for Armenian Genocide 101st commemorationApril 23, 2016 - 11:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Friday, April 22 night, the Armenian community of Uruguay rallied for the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in a demonstration that had strong references to the current situation of Nagorno Karabakh, Prensa Armenia reports. "We struggle against denial and lies. We have to stop perceiving the Armenian Genocide as something distant, as a fact that we only remember tearfully. That will only lead to oblivion. If the stories are not recounted, they die. The silence is the triumph of genocide," said the Young Armenians from Uruguay in their speech, after a rally of hundreds of people along the main avenue of the city, from Independence Square to the esplanade of the Municipality of Montevideo. "Today we not only commemorate the Armenian Genocide, but condemn Azerbaijan’s aggression against Nagorno Karabakh as well." "At the same time, we condemn the shameful support that the current Turkish government of Erdogan gives to Azerbaijan, in what we consider a continuation of what the Ottoman Empire began 101 years ago," the group went on to say. On Monday, April 25, demonstrations will be staged in the Argentinean cities of Cordoba and Buenos Aires. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |