TOP LEVEL ATTENDANCE LOW AT GALLIPOLI CEREMONY
04.21.2015 14:05 NEWS
The list of participants has been announced for the Gallipoli
ceremony, which have this year been made to overlap with April 24,
the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. The ceremony in Turkey will
be attended by a total of 79 officials including 21 heads of state
and 5 prime ministers.
The commemoration ceremony will be held on 24-25 April and will
feature attendance at the level of president, parliamentary speaker,
deputy president, prime minister, minister and ambassador, and will
be attended among others by Charles, Prince of Wales, representing
the United Kingdom; Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan; Fuad Masum,
President of Iraq; Tamim bin Hamad el Hani, Emir of the State of Qatar;
and Khaled Khoja, the President of the National Coalition for Syrian
Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
The commemoration ceremony will also be attended by international
organization representatives including Helen Clark, Administrator
of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP); Turkic Council
Secretary General Ramil Hasanov; Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General
of the Council of Europe; Iyad bin Amin Madani, Secretary General
of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC); Ambassador Smail
Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union;
and also David Baragwanath, President of the United Nations Special
Tribunal for Lebanon, and Tawakel Karman, co-recipient of the 2011
Nobel Peace Prize.
1,100 journalists from 14 countries will attend the ceremony.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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