Heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Armenia express solidarity  with Armenian people on  111th anniversary of Armenian Genocide

ArmInfo. Heads of foreign diplomatic missions and embassies accredited in Armenia express solidarity with the Armenian people on the 111th anniversary  of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

The Russian Embassy in Armenia informed that on April 24, Russian  Ambassador Sergey Kopyrkin and Defense Attache at the Embassy  Alexander Goryaynov participated in a commemoration ceremony for the  victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, laying  flowers at the Eternal Flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.  In this vein, the diplomatic mission recalled that in 1995, the State  Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation adopted a  statement "On Condemnation of the Genocide of the Armenian People in  1915-1922," expressing deep sympathy to the fraternal Armenian  people.

The Dutch Embassy reported that Ambassador Marieke Monroy-Winter  visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to pay tribute to the  victims on the occasion of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian  Genocide. "Today, April 24, we honor the memory of the victims of the  mass atrocities committed against Armenians in 1915-1917. We  sincerely share the grief of the Armenian people for the suffering  endured by their ancestors. We join the Armenians and bow to the  memory of all the victims of this tragedy and the survivers," the  ambassador noted. 

The Canadian Embassy reported on Ambassador Andrew Turner's visit to  the memorial. "It was a great honour for me to represent Canada at  Tsitsernakaberd today, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. It was a  powerful and moving ceremony," the diplomat said, as quoted by the  Canadian Embassy.

The Belarusian Embassy stated that Charge d'Affaires of the Republic  of Belarus to the Republic of Armenia Inessa Kudruk and embassy  diplomats participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the  Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, marking the 111th anniversary of  the Armenian Genocide.  "On the occasion of the 111th anniversary of  the Armenian Genocide, Ambassador Andrius Pulokas of the Republic of  Lithuania visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to honor the  memory of the genocide  victims.  By honoring the memory of the  victims, we reaffirm our commitment to preventing the recurrence of  such crimes," the Lithuanian Embassy stated.

Czech Ambassador to Armenia Petr Piruncik also spoke about his visit  to Tsitsernakaberd.  " Today marks the 111th anniversary of the  commemoration of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. We bow our  heads in remembrance of the victims and express our solidarity with  the Armenian people. More than a century ago, Czech traveler and  humanitarian KAREL HANSA, in his book The Horrors of the East, bore  witness to the suffering of the Armenian people and brought their  tragedy closer to the Czech public. His words remain a powerful  reminder of the importance of memory, truth, and humanity. "I saw  endless caravans of suffering people, exhausted, hungry, and deprived  of human dignity," and elsewhere: "The Armenian people were doomed  not only to physical annihilation, but also to unimaginable  suffering." These testimonies remind us that remembrance is not only  about the past   it is a commitment to human dignity, compassion, and  the prevention of such atrocities in the future. Nine years ago, on  25 April 2017, the Czech Parliament recognized the Armenian  Genocide,  the Czech diplomat wrote.

The US Embassy stated that "Charge d'Affaires Peter Andreoli laid  flowers at the eternal flame of the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex,  paying tribute to the memory of 1.5 million Armenians."

Swedish Ambassador to Armenia Eva Sundqvist, Bulgarian Ambassador  Nikola Nikolov, and several other diplomats also paid tribute.