On March 5, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian was in Jerusalem for a concert by the Symphony Orchestra of Jerusalem on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with the slogan “With you, Armenia! “.
The concert hall of Jerusalem was fully booked for this special concert which were played creations of Komitas, Aram Khachaturian, Bethoven and Stepan Rostomian. At the beginning of the concert, the head of the Armenian diplomacy has had a long response. In his speech, Edward Nalbandian hailed the importance of this concert in the holy city of Jerusalem to commemorate the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915. He recalled the words of Hitler pronounced in 1939 before the invasion of Poland “Who still remembers the massacre of the Armenians? (Note: the word genocide being invented in 1948) “The crime of the Armenian Genocide, has allowed unpunished other genocide happen,” said Nalbandian.. The Armenian Foreign Minister also reiterated the common destiny of Armenians and Jews, two peoples subjected to genocide in the 20th century. He called for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in preventing future genocides. “According to a report of Unesco, Armenia is the only country in the region where the Holocaust is taught in schools (…) and according to a survey conducted in Israel by the Foundation for the Remembrance of the Holocaust, 88% of Israelis recognize the Armenian Genocide, “said Nalbandian.
Krikor Amirzayan