Turkey should apologize for the Genocide of Pontus Greeks, President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Thursday on the occasion of the celebration of the Dormition of Virgin Mary in Panagia Soumela. “Greeks should unite to achieve two goals, promote the recognition of the genocide of Greeks from …
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