  Turkish remark on Armenian-born PKK members absurd - Armenia’s Kurds August 9, 2012 - 15:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin issued a statement, claiming “170 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists have recently been killed, with Armenian, Iranian, Syrian, Iraqi and Israeli citizens among them,” Sabah daily reported. In response to this, representative of “Kurdistan Committee” of Armenia deemed Turkish Minister’s statements as absurd. “The information suggesting Armenian citizens were among the killed PKK members is nonsense,” he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
