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22.04.2008 17:56
 On April 23 the Youth and Nikol Aghbalyan Student Unions of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun will organize a traditional torchlight procession to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Tsitsernakaberd. The procession will start at 20:00 from the Liberty Square.
President of the Nikol Aghbalyan Student Union Vahe Sargsyan told a press conference today that applications to participate have been submitted form different youth NGOs, Student Councils of higher educational establishments, young clergymen. The number of participants is expected to exceed last year’s 15 thousand. 300 torches and 10 thousand candles will be distributed to them. Vahe Sargsyan noted that participants of the procession will take the Armenian tricolor and the party flag of ARF and the flags of the states that have recognized the Armenian Genocide.
According to Vahe Sargsyan, burning of the Turkish flag is not envisaged. “We do not plan to burn the Turkish flag and do not spread hatred, it was the initiative of the participants,” he said.
As a sign of remembrance of the of the Armenian Genocide victims and support of the Hay Dat struggle, the ARF Youth Union asks everyone to light a candle on window seals during the procession.
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