Wednesday, August 7 2019 14:49

ArmInfo. In Yerevan, on August 7, the memory of victims of the Assyrian people's genocide is honored. Representatives of the Assyrian community living in Armenia,  political and public figures took part in the ceremony of laying  flowers at the monument to the innocent victims of the Assyrian  Genocide of 1915.

To note, the Assyrians celebrate 2 mourning dates of the Genocide on  April 24 and August 7. The second date is the day of memory of all  the killed Assyrians. This day is called the "Simele massacre", since  on August 7, 1930, 3,000 Assyrians were burnt alive in the village of  Simele in Northern Iraq.

"Armenia remains the only country that recognized the Assyrian  people's Genocide and gave the Assyrians the opportunity to integrate  fully into the life of the country, as evidenced by the presence of a  monument to the Assyrian Genocide victims," said the head of the  Assyrian community of Armenia Razmik Khosroev, noting that the  problems of the Assyrians are in the focus of attention of the  country's leadership expressing regret that the genocide of the  Assyrians in different parts of the world continues today.  Arman  Abovyan, Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Party's parliamentary  faction who was present at the commemorative event, said that the  misunderstanding in the world of the genocides of Armenians,  Assyrians, Greeks and others in 1915 subsequently led to the genocide  of Jews, and even today - the genocide of other peoples.

The leader of the Kurdish community of Armenia, MP from the ruling  bloc "My Step" Knyaz Hasanov noted that the Turkish authorities  continue the policy of their predecessors, which is expressed in  genocide against national minorities, including 20 million Kurds who,  living in Turkey, have no rights and are persecuted.  Knyaz Hasanov  also called on the world community to take measures and stop the  criminal actions of the Turkish authorities.  Today, about 3,000  Assyrians live in Turkey, whom the Turkish authorities refuse to  recognize as a national minority and call them "Turksemites".   Memorials in memory of the victims of the Assyrian genocide have been  erected in Armenia, France and Australia.