  Recall of US Ambassador from Armenia Insulting Armenian Genocide Victims MemoryAugust 3, 2006 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The reason, for which they want to recall US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans, is insulting to the memory of over 1.5 million innocent Armenians, killed in the Ottoman Empire, political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, in this case the policy of Armenian lobby in the US, led by the Hay Dat office should be hailed.«Besides, Armenia should stop practicing silent agreement to any functionary, sent by the State Department as Ambassador to Armenia. In compliance with the international law, we have the right not to issue an agreement to a person, who does not display proper respect towards our history and people,» the political scientist underscored.   Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Related sections Topic Latest news POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
