Samtskhe-Javakhk the region with strong Armenian majority in Georgia took place on April 23 Mass at the Church of Surp Sarkis Ninotzminda in memory of Armenian Genocide victims. Then in the courtyard of the house of the Armenian culture of the city took place the ceremony of inauguration of a statue dedicated to the genocide. Was this Hovhannes Manoukian Ambassador of Armenia to Tbilisi. “This statue dedicated to the Armenian Genocide is one more step in our friendly country, Georgia, in recognition of the genocide,” he said in his speech. H. Manoukian called on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Among those present, the archbishop of Georgia Nikoloz, the representative of the Georgian Church for the region Akhalkhalak, the benefactor Armen Gharslyan, Georgian MPs, politicians in the region, as well as many Armenians and Georgians came from Javakhk and Tbilisi.

Krikor Amirzayan