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The people of Serbia hereby bring their respect and prayers to the 1.5mln martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.

Addressing the audience of international and community leaders, including Presidents of Armenia, France, Russia and Cyprus, as well as high-level delegations from six dozens of other nations, gathered in the commemoration ceremony dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centennial at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, the President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic said the calamity that Armenian people were subjected to in the Ottoman Empire had been a grave event, which needs to be sympathized and truth to be told.

“There was a time when the people in Serbia lived through tremendous losses, amounting to the 28% of the population. Most of them were soldiers, others were civilians, and most of them don’t have graves up until now. I respect not only our holy martyrs, but also Armenians, who were subjected to genocide,” President Nikolic said in his address.

“Knowing the undeniable truth, we have come here today to stand up next to those who lived through that pain and pay tribute to the memory of those who were murdered on those days,” Nikolic remarked.  

“We did not have the option of not coming. We couldn’t have missed coming here and paying tribute to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide. We must acknowledge that it is only through our efforts we can contribute to those universal values that are affecting the development of humankind,” President Nikolic concluded.