A procession was held in Jerusalem marking the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. About a thousand Armenians took part in it. Before that a liturgy was offered at St. Jacob church in the memory of the innocent victims, the Yerkir newspaper reported. Dressed in black the rally participants carried Armenian flags and posters inscribed: «Armenians demand justice,» «Turkey guilty in Genocide,» «Turkey, the past will chase you.». Participants of the procession laid wreaths and flowers to the Monument to Victims of the Armenian Genocide. Jerusalem Patriarch archbishop Torgom Manukian offered up a prayer. In his statement Jerusalem Armenian community head Serob Sahakian noted that «after the 90 years of denial the Armenian Genocide issue is included in the international agenda, which shook Turkey’s positions.»
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