06/05/2015 16:00
City of Brussels Mayor honors Armenian Genocide victims with minute of silence
Mayor of the City of Brussels Yvan Mayeur honored victims of the Armenian Genocide by observing a minute of silence at the Municipality Council meeting, RTBF reports.
“It is time to pay tribute,” he said. Mayeur urged other municipal authorities to pay tribute to the Genocide victims.
It is noted that it was a symbolic step after debates in the country about absence of several parliamentarians of Turkish descent at the commemoration events.