Posted on 08 October 2009.
Like is being done in various countries of the world, Sunday 4th October was Uruguay’s turn to manifest against the protocols signed between Armenia and Turkey and it was made through a rally organized by the Armenian Cause Committee of Uruguay, at the monument which remembers the Armenian martyrs opposite Surp Nerses Shnorhali Church.
A large Armenian presence was part of the event in which representatives of different institutions expressed their message about the posed situation, as well as some political personalities of Uruguay.
In behalf of the Armenian Cause Committee of Uruguay, Raffi Unanian emphasized that the Diaspora should revert the situation as a point of no return could be reached. The points made in the protocols establishing solutions that are disastrous and a slap to all Armenians in the world that were forced to leave their lands as consequence of the genocide. The signing of the protocols is also leaving on the way the Sevres Treaty so vindicated by the Armenian people. The Diaspora Armenians have the right to express our voice on the delicate topics that are at stake here.
Raffi Unanian finished his participation with a quote of the national hero José Artigas: “We won’t sell the rich oriental patrimony, to the vile price of necessity .”
Later, the President of the International Affairs of the Representatives House and the International Affairs Commission of the Mercosur Parliament, Deputy Ruben Martinez Huelmo pointed out that “It’s absurd the set out of an expert’s commission to determine the genocide existence, as it would be absurd today that a commission pointed out that the Jewish holocaust didn’t happened”. He stressed “We can’t allow this, because the Armenian genocide it’s not a topic only for the Armenian people but from all the international community. The ratification of the protocols would constitute a “legal denial”. We have to invite non Armenian communities to participate, as it is a matter of universal moral.”
The Deputy Pablo Abdala, who participated in the act, said: “The recognition of the Armenian genocide must be full and complete by all the countries in the international community. The protocols will be a delay in the way to this, that’s why we should double our efforts not only by Armenians but also by us, who are their friends, until the truth prevails.”
From: Javid Huseynov [javid@azeris.com]
Armenians protesting in Uruguay
Look at the number of Armenians in Uruguay… significant.