ROBERT KOCHARYAN: “UNPUNISHED CRIMES CAN LEAD TO NEW SIMILAR CRIMES”
Support A1+!President Robert Kocharian has today addressed on the Genocide Victims’ Remembrance Day.
Dear compatriots,
Today we remember the victims of the Armenian Genocide. An entire nation with its thousands-years-old civilization, culture and material heritage was wiped out under the Ottoman Empire’s state program and with the use of state institutions.
Bowing our heads before the memory of millions of innocent victims, we as a nation reiterate our determination to achieve full and unequivocal international recognition and condemnation of this crime against humanity.
Unpunished crimes can lead to new similar crimes. The international community has to do everything it can to prevent such a crime from ever happening again in any part of the world.
Like every year on April 24, today we reiterate our will to stand above rancor and revengefulness. We are prepared to establish normal relations with all the countries of the region, including Turkey.
Our efforts are aimed at lasting peace, stability and cooperation in the region. To this end, we are prepared to assume an active and constructive role.
Today we are building a new, peaceful, secure and prosperous fatherland. To build such a fatherland, we look to the future.
