PASOK President’s message about the “black” anniversary of Hellenism
“We are commemorating the memory of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the Pontian genocide today, as it was established in 1994 by the Greek Parliament at the initiative of Andreas Papandreou’s government,” he said in his message about the day of the Pontian Genocide in the Pontic Genocide.
Mr. Androulakis, who attended the events of the Municipality of Thessaloniki “The Flame of Memory” at the Genocide Monument of Pontian Hellenism, also said: “We honor the memory of the people who were uprooted by their ancestral homes. We honor the memory of the people who came here, in their place, and grew up. We have a debt, as a state, to fight with all our might to have an international recognition of the Pontian genocide. It’s not just a national bet. It is a human goal. Because only the strong collective memory is a force of deterioration of similar atrocities against humanity, especially at a time when this nightmare is still here. “