Armenians
who live in Greece light candles during a protest near the Turkish
embassy in Athens, Monday, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Petros
Giannakouris)
ATHENS – Two-day events commemorating the genocide of 1.5 million
Armenians by the Young Turks movement in 1915 concluded on Monday night
with a march from Syntagma Square to the Turkish embassy.
The participants were blocked by police from approaching the embassy at the corners of Vass. Sofias and Rigillis Streets.
The events were organised by the Region of Attica and the Armenian
Community of Greece. The main event was held on Sunday morning at Pallas
Theatre to celebrate the centennial of the Republic of Armenia, with
keynote speaker Ioannis Kasoulides, former foreign minister of the
Cyprus Republic, with messages by a representative of the Greek
parliament and by Deputy Foreign Minister for the Diaspora Terens Quick
representing the government.
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