ARMENIAN, TURKISH ACTORS SET RECORD FOR LONGEST HANDSHAKE
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Dec 9 2013
December 09, 2013
In an act aimed at improving ties between two countries, an Armenian
actor and a Turkish actor have set a world record for the longest
handshake.
Thirty-two-year-old Armenian Oganes Ajinyan and 35-year-old Turk Denis
Barish continued their handshake for 43 hours at an event in Tbilisi,
Georgia, organized by the Turkish and Armenian NGO Network (TANGO).
The handshake started on December 6 and ended on December 8. The
entire event was filmed and will be sent to the “Guinness Book of
World Records.”
Ajinyan and Barish said they wanted to show that the historical
conflicts between Armenia and Turkey cannot prevent representatives
of the two peoples from having a conversation.
Armenia holds Turkey responsible for the World War I-era mass killings
of up to 1.5 million Armenians — massacres which Armenians call a
genocide, a term rejected by Ankara.
Turkey claims it also suffered horrendous casualties during that time.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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