Saturday, April 24 2021 10:55

ArmInfo. Every year, on April 24, Armenians around the world commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide committed in the early 20th century. This is stated  in the statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry on the occasion of  the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

"As a result of this unprecedented, pre-planned crime, the Armenian  people living in the territory of the Ottoman Empire were the victims  of forced displacement and mass slaughter. For many years, the Young  Turk and subsequent governments, guided by the ideology of  pan-Turkism, extended the policy of the Armenian Genocide to Eastern  Armenia.

As a result of these actions in 1915-1923, 1.5 million people were  killed, hundreds of thousands of destinies were crippled, an entire  nation was deprived of its spiritual, educational, cultural and  economic property, and the right to live in most of its historical  homeland was taken away from it.

In 1878, at the Berlin Congress, the great Powers and the Ottoman  Empire committed themselves to guarantee the security of the  population of its Armenian provinces. By planning and carrying out  the Armenian Genocide, the Young Turk Government nullified the  international security guarantees issued to the Armenian people and  created a precedent for the "solution" of the problem of protecting  human rights by the death sentence against an entire people.

These actions later became the basis for the definition of the crime  of genocide and were reflected in the international convention on the  Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Nevertheless, the organizers  of the Armenian Genocide did not face international justice.

Impunity for the Armenian Genocide still inspires those who plan new  international crimes. The recent war unleashed by Azerbaijan against  the people of Artsakh and the genocidal actions of the  Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance have shown that the approaches to  solving international problems by force have not changed. The crimes  against the Armenians of Artsakh also confirmed that the recognition  of the Armenian Genocide is important not only for historical justice  and the restoration of the truth, but also for the security of the  Armenian people.

The goal of the Armenian Genocide was the complete annihilation of  the Armenian people. Thanks to the collective efforts of the Armenian  people, the support provided to the survivors of the Genocide by  various countries and peoples of the world, the Armenian people have  endured with dignity the greatest disaster in their history.

Today, the Armenian people in Armenia and the Diaspora are showing  their steadfastness in the struggle for justice and truth. This  struggle once again confirms that neither the brute force of the  Young Turk government, nor the speculation on the denial of  subsequent Turkish governments and hostile actions against the  Armenian people in the region are able to forget the first genocide  of the 20th century and its martyrs.

This struggle will continue until the Turkish government finds the  strength to recognize the Armenian Genocide and take steps to  eliminate its consequences, " the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a  statement. In connection with the 106th anniversary, the Speaker of  the Armenian Parliament, Ararat Mirzoyan, also spoke, noting that 106  years after this most terrible crime in the history of mankind, it  should be stated that the struggle waged by the Armenian people as a  united front is fair and justified.  "It is fair, because every  unrecognized and unpunished crime creates a fertile ground for its  repetition. The history of the century has shown that, unfortunately,  genocides, genocidal acts were also repeated in other parts of the  world. This struggle against genocide and crimes against humanity,  which we are waging as a state and a people, is in fact not only for  us, but for the sake of all other nations and peoples of the world,  so that they do not go through the same catastrophe that the Armenian  people experienced at the beginning of the last century.

Our struggle is justified, because even after more than a century,  unfortunately, the pan-Turkic encroachments and aspirations have not  changed, with which the existence of the Armenian people in its  cradle is incompatible. The Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression against  Artsakh, which posed a vital threat to the entire Armenian people,  was also a clear proof of this.

We, as the statehood that our grandfathers dreamed of at the  beginning of the last century and which we restored at the end of the  century, must now develop our system and security environment. And  our neighbors must finally understand that we are not going to leave  our Homeland. I believe that the entire pan-Armenian potential will  be concentrated for the glory of the Republic of Armenia and the  Armenian people, " Mirzoyan concluded