Tribute to the memory of victims of the October 27 tragedy

Tribute to the memory of victims of the October 27 tragedy

armradio.am
13:34 27.10.2012

President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, MPs,
representatives of the NA staff, journalists, relatives and friends
paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the tragedy of October
27, 1999.

Then Speaker of Parliament, National Hero Karen Demirchyan, Prime
Minister, National Hero Vazgen Sargsyan, Vice-Speakers of the National
Assembly Yuri Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan, Hero of the Artsakh war, MP
Armenak Armenakyan, MPs Mikael Kotanjyan, Henrik Abrahamyan and
Minister Leonard Petrsyan fell victims to the crime committed at the
National Assembly on October 27, 1999.

`We have gathered here today to pay tribute to the memory of our
statesmen and politicians,’ Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik
Abrahamyan told reporters. `This was a crime against the nation and
the state. On behalf of the National Assembly I condemn this crime and
feel pain for the loss of our political figures.’

Karen Demirchyan’s widow Rima Demirchyaan thanked Speaker Hovik
Abrahamyan for keeping the memory of the victims alive and organizing
commemorative events at the National Assembly every year.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS