Swedish officials, the Armenian community as well as representatives of Turkish intelligentsia and the Turkish Central Federation of Sweden condemned the assassination of editor of Agos Armenian-Turkish newspaper Hrant Dink. As chairman of the Association of Armenians of Europe Karo Hakobian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Sweden joins the international community in condemning Dink’s killing. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, members of political parties and NGOs also condemned the outrageous crime. A protest action initiated by the Turkish Central Federation of Sweden (TCFS) – the biggest organization of national minorities – was held in Stockholm on Tuesday with participation of the Armenian, Kurdish and Assyrian communities as well as members of Swedish state and public organizations. When addressing the attendees, head of the TCFS resumed his speech with the slogan “We are all Hrant Dinks, we are all Armenians.” The action participants with a minute of silence commemorated Hrant Dink, who was killed by the same bloody hand that claimed lives of millions of his ancestors. Representatives of Turkish and Kurdish organizations laid a black wreath to the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm.
The Coordination Center of Armenian Unions will organize a mass rally with participation of national minorities, political and public figures in Stockholm January 27.
