MONTEVIDEO, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The President of Uruguay Jose Mujica on April 24 attended an event in Montevideo to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, during which a khachkar carved in Armenia was erected in Armenia Square of the Uruguayan capital. The head of the Uruguayan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Hakob Glnjian consecrated the khachkar. Uruguay's Education and Culture Minister Ricardo Ehrlich and Sport and Tourism Deputy Minister Lilian Keshishian delivered speeches. The messages of the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and the Armenian Ambassador to Uruguay Vladimir Karmirshalian were read at the event. According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, the khachkar was erected with the assistance of Uruguayan Armenian benefactor Karlos Ketsoyan and on the initiative of Uruguayan structures of the Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Social Democrat Hunchak party, as well as the Armenian National Center and the commission of Armenia Square. The khachkar's author is Ruben Nalbandian from Armenia.

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