Armenian president We will never forget Greeks who lent us helping hand after Genocide –

President Serzh Sargsyan hailed the dynamically developing Armenian-Greek relations, praising the local Armenian community’s role in the continuing partnership and dialogue.
Speaking at a news conference held jointly with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the Armenian leader said that the nation will never forget the Greek people’s attention and care to the Armenian Genocide survivors in the country.
“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 to 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.