Port Said city of Egypt hosted a ceremony on the opening of a memorial commemorating the survivors of the heroic battle of Musa Dagh and Armenian refugees who settled there in 1915-1919, Armen Mazlumyan, Egypt’s Armenian National Committee member told Armenian News – NEWS.am.
According to him, the memorial was opened upon the initiative of the Armenian community in Egypt. The ceremony was attended by Armenia’s Ambassador to Egypt Armen Melkonyan, Chairman of the Committee on the 100th anniversary of Musa Dagh Battle, and the representatives of the Armenian community and Armenian Apostolic Church.
“By this memorial the Armenian community once again thanked Egypt for helping Armenians in hard times,” Mazlumyan said. He also noted that following the opening of the memorial, funeral service was held in commemoration of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.