TORONTO HOSTS EVENT COMMEMORATING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL
19:14, 26 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
On January 25, an event dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide was organized in Toronto, Canada, with the assistance
of “One Free World International” NGO and the Embassy of the Republic
of Armenia in Canada.
The main speakers of the event were Minister of Employment and
Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism Jason Kenney
and Ambassador of Armenia to Canada Armen Yeganian.
Ambassador Yeganian presented the consequences of the Armenian
Genocide, stressing the necessity of international recognition of the
Genocide for Armenians around the globe and the international community
alike. The Ambassador of Armenia touched upon the commemoration
scheduled events to be held in Armenia, Canada and elsewhere in 2015.
Over 1,000 participants of the event included the Heads of Toronto’s
Catholic and Protestant Churches, the Rabbi of Toronto, representatives
of Kurdish, Yazidi, Ismail communities and Canadian Armenians.
Turkish clergyman Rev. Hakan TaÃ…~_tan, who arrived from Istanbul,
apologized on the behalf of the Turkish people for the Armenian
Genocide.