Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has spoken about Armenia's efforts to build relations with Turkey on the 107th anniversary of the Genocide that left 1.5 million people dead.
Pashinyan said in a statement Sunday, April 24 that the most effective tool for ensuring the country's security is establishing an accomplished statehood and peace.
"This is yet another reason why we are holding talks aimed at normalizing relations between Armenia and Turkey. We hope that the aspirations of the Turkish side are sincere, and we will be able to move forward in this direction," he said.
"At the same time, our task today is to build a dignified, accomplished democratic state by realizing the potential of all Armenians.
"We must consistently direct the consolidation of pan-Armenian potential and capabilities towards this very goal. The Armenian statehood is the most impressive way to honor the memory of the victims of the Medz Yeghern, all our martyrs, and it must become the symbol and guarantee of the unbreakable will of the Armenian people to live. This is the will that symbolizes the April 24 all-Armenian march to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, which is a promise of Free, Powerful, Happy Armenia to our ancestors, to our generations. That promise must be fulfilled, that vow must be brought to life. This is the greatest symbolism of April 24."
On April 24, 1915, a large group of Armenian intellectuals was rounded up and assassinated in Constantinople by the Ottoman government. On April 24, 2022, Armenians worldwide are commemorating the 107th anniversary of the Genocide which continued until 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as Genocide. Turkey denies to this day.
