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Chief Of Greek Land Armed Forces Staff Commemorates Victims Of Armenian Genocide
Yerevan, November 29, Armenpress: Lieutenant-General Nikolaos Duvasi, the chief of staff of Greek land forces, who is heading a military delegation that has arrived today here on a three-day official visit, laid today a wreath to the Genocide Monument in Yerevan to commemorate 1.5 million Armenians killed by the government of the Ottoman Turkey between 1915-1923.
Nikolaos Duvasi and members of the Greek delegation also visited a nearby Genocide Museum that has a rich collection of documents and materials proving that the mass slaughter of Armenians was planned and executed by the Ottoman government.
"In my mind I went back to the history of my homeland and I can see a great similarity in our both nations' history and our historical path. It was a great honor for me to visit the Memorial and the Museum,' the General wrote in a special book. He also referred to the mass killings of Pontos Greeks and Assyrians in the same years, committed by the Turkish government.
"We must remember those days because that way we can have belief and have hope in new future. Armenians and Greeks went through fire and have built a strong bridge of cooperation and brotherly relations," the General told Armenian journalists.
Yerevan, November 29, Armenpress: Lieutenant-General Nikolaos Duvasi, the chief of staff of Greek land forces, who is heading a military delegation that has arrived today here on a three-day official visit, laid today a wreath to the Genocide Monument in Yerevan to commemorate 1.5 million Armenians killed by the government of the Ottoman Turkey between 1915-1923.
Nikolaos Duvasi and members of the Greek delegation also visited a nearby Genocide Museum that has a rich collection of documents and materials proving that the mass slaughter of Armenians was planned and executed by the Ottoman government.
"In my mind I went back to the history of my homeland and I can see a great similarity in our both nations' history and our historical path. It was a great honor for me to visit the Memorial and the Museum,' the General wrote in a special book. He also referred to the mass killings of Pontos Greeks and Assyrians in the same years, committed by the Turkish government.
"We must remember those days because that way we can have belief and have hope in new future. Armenians and Greeks went through fire and have built a strong bridge of cooperation and brotherly relations," the General told Armenian journalists.
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