Nikol Pashinyan called on all citizens to join the campaign dedicated  to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan called on all citizens to join the campaign dedicated  to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman  Empire. Pashinyan wrote about this on his page on Facebook.

Pashinyan, in particular, wrote:

Tsitsernakaberd will respond. Those citizens from whose home  Tsitsernakaberd is not visible, can observe what is happening through  direct television broadcasting>.

To recall, at the same time all street lamps throughout the country  will be turned off, and all churches will ring the bells.  It should  be noted that on the evening of April 23, events commemorating the  105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 will start with  this action. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of events  timed to this date have been canceled this year. In particular, the  famous torchlight procession was canceled, moreover, citizens were  deprived of the opportunity to lay flowers at the Armenian Genocide  memorial. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said that the  government on behalf of all citizens will lay at the memorial 105,000  flowers.

This year the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian  President Armen Sarkissian, Parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan and  Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II will visit the memorial.   However, citizens can follow the video broadcast and send SMS to the  short number "1915" from Armenia, and to the number 00374331919500 -  from abroad, indicating their name, thereby becoming involved in the  events of this day. SMS will be projected onto the columns of the  complex.

To recall, the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire,  which killed up to 1.5 million ethnic Armenians in 1915, has been  recognized by many states. Uruguay was the first in 1965, followed by  France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Russia, Lithuania,  Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,  Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Vatican, Bolivia , Czech  Republic, Austria, Luxembourg. The European Parliament and the World  Council of Churches also recognized the Armenian Genocide.