Diplomatic Circles

Armenian Embassy moves commemorations online to mark 105 years since genocide

Every year on April 24, the embassy participates in a march to remember the more than 1.5 million people who died during the First World War.

The commemoration of the Armenian genocide in 2019 brought a crowd to the Hill to mark 104 years since the tragedy. This year, with a pandemic requiring physical distancing, the Armenian Embassy in Canada has to make different plans. Photograph courtesy of the Armenian Embassy

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 22, 2020

Every year at this time, hundreds of Armenian Canadians gather on Parliament Hill to honour the more than one million people who died a century ago, but this week’s genocide commemoration in the midst of a pandemic has forced the country’s new ambassador to Canada...

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