Serzh Sargsyan attaches great importance to Greek-Armenian relations

President Serzh Sargsyan, during his official visit to Greece has laid a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Monument on Nea Zmirni square with Greek-Armenian community representatives, clergy, Armenian students, paying tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Then, the president met with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Serzh Sargsyan and Alexis Tsipras stressed the importance of co-operations in a number of mutually beneficial areas of trade and economy, agriculture, culture, education, health, tourism, etc.

The Armenian president said the nation will never forget the Greek people’s attention and care to the Armenian Genocide survivors in the country at a news conference held jointly with Greek Prime Minister.

“We will never forget the Greek brothers’ assistance and the broad opportunities offered to the Armenians to live and create in the new fatherland.

I highly appreciate Armenia’s principled stance on the recognition and condemnation of that extremely grave crime. Greece reaffirmed its commitment on that, adopting the Anti-Racism and Xenophobia Bill (9 September, 2014) ahead of our national tragedy’s centennial to criminalize also the Armenian Genocide denial.

It thus addressed an exemplary message to the world civilization.

In turn, the National Assembly of Armenia unanimously adopted the statement on condemning the genocide of Assyrians and Greeks in the Ottoman Empire.

This vividly proves that the spirit of solidarity has for centuries united and will keep uniting our peoples,” the president said.