Armenians
worldwide commemorate over 1.5 million
victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey today, on April
24
Every
year on April 24 dozens of thousands of people from Yerevan and the
regions of Armenia visit "Tsitsrnakaberd" Memorial for the Victims
of the Genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923.
Traditionally, the president of Armenia, the government members,
foreign diplomats, and guests from foreign countries - politicians,
cultural workers, intellectuals, and others lay flowers to the
Memorial.
This
year, Armenians mark the 98th anniversary of that tragedy. Genocide
of Armenians has been recognized by most of the United States
as well as by dozens of countries, including Uruguay, Russia, Belgium,
France, Argentina, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands,
Greece, Cyprus, Vatican, Sweden, Lithuania, the House of Representatives
of the Canadian Parliament, the World Church Council and the
Lower House of the Italian Parliament.
The European Parliament
passed a resolution recognizing the fact of Armenian Genocide
in the Ottoman Turkey on June 18 1987 and demanded the Council
of Europe to exert pressure on Turkey in order that country recognizes
the Armenian Genocide. Turkey still denies the genocide of 1,5 million Armenians in 1915-1923.