HISTORICAL TRAGEDIES TIE GREECE AND ARMENIA TOGETHER

 Greece's Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias stressed the historical tragedies that tie Greece and Armenia together. Dendias was speaking in Armenia's capital Yerevan where he met his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan. 

"Historical tragedies tie us together. The Hellenic Parliament recognized the Armenian genocide in 1996. The Armenian Parliament recognized the genocide of the Greeks in 2015.

Dendias said that Greece has repeatedly underlined its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states.   "So, that goes also for our dear friends the Armenians." 

The two foreign ministers discussed bilateral relations, developments in the Caucasus region and the eastern Mediterranean as well as the EU-Armenian relations according to a tweet of the Greek Ministery of Foreign Affairs.

The two Foreign Ministers met at the high-level meeting of the 77th General Assembly in New York, recently where a trilateral meeting of Greece, Cyprus, and Armenia took place.  

Greece has centuries-old bonds with Armenia and unfortunately, the two people share painful experiences as well, as both Greeks and Armenians suffered greatly at the hands of the modern Turkish state, during the early 20th century the Greek and Armenian genocide.