First he addressed the citizens of Armenia and Diaspora Armenians in Armenian, saying that they had planned to arrive in Armenia on April 24 to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.
‘’Right now Armenia, like Sweden and the other parts of the world are struggling against coronavirus. This is the reason why this year we cannot visit Yerevan to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims. But let me remind that Armenia has gone through more difficult challenges than the fight against coronavirus. We survived the 1st genocide of the 20th century. 1.5 million Armenians were brutally massacred in an organized crime of genocide by the Turkish government during the Ottoman Empire.
But let me remind all of you that we have also survived the Soviet Union, let me remind that we survived the earthquake of 1988, let me remind that we have survived poverty following our independence. But let me to remind also that Armenians, the citizens of Armenia together with the Diaspora, carried out great changes in Armenia during th...
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