Seminar named “Armenians between life and death: 100th Anniversary of Armenian martyrdom” was held in Constanta City Odivius University, Romania on Friday within the framework of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.  The seminar was organized by the local committee of Romania and the Armenian Embassy in Romania, as well as by Constanta branches of Romanian Armenians Union and Armenian diocese.

The speakers of the seminar were the Ambassador of Armenia in Romania Hamlet Gasparian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Romania Bishop Tatev Hakobyan, and the representative of Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis.

Speaking about the Armenian Genocide and the denial policy of the Turkish government, as well as the unacceptability of that policy, Ambassador Gasparian noted the necessity of uniting internationally with the view of preventing genocides and struggling against their denial.  With this respect he highly commended the significance of the European Parliament, UN Human Rights Council, as well as the clear and specific resolutions of EPP.

The speeches were followed by discussions with the participation of the representatives of Romanian academia and Armenian community.