Armenian nation had defeats and victories, loses and achievements all through its history. But there's one dividing point to our history, April 24 1915.
After this date we had to face a completely different reality, RA President Serzh Sargsyan told when interviewed by Russia Today RF TV Channel.
Millions of people were living on their lands, creating cultural values, but suddenly had to abandon these territories. "Part of them was killed and another part abandoned territories to survive. Nowadays there's practically no country in the world where the Armenians wouldn't have settled for residence. Half of today's Armenian population is Genocide survivors' descendants," RA President noted. According to him, Armenian-Turkish border is the last closed border in Europe.
"Armenia gained independence in 1991. It's been 18 years since, but the border is still closed. I don't cite the example to say we're being blockaded but so that it would be clear that Apr. 24 is ever present in our reality." Serzhe Sarsyan stressed that as an Armenian president he has to take every effort to mitigate consequences of this atrocious crime and prevent its repetition.
International recognition of the Armenian Genocide is the most effective way to reach it.