Armenia hails Duma draft bill banning Genocide denial: vise-speakerNovember 27, 2015 - 21:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan welcomes inclusion of a draft law criminalizing the Genocide denial into Russian Duma’s agenda, the vice-speaker of the Armenian National Assembly said. As Eduard Sharmazanov noted at a meeting with State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin on Friday, November 28, failure to condemn crimes of the past instigates new crimes, including terror attacks. For his part, Naryshkin agreed that past crimes and atrocities should be condemned to avoid their recurrence. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Director General of Ucom takes part in recruiting conference Ralph Yirikian participated in the Recruit Days business and networking conference organized by Move2Career. Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |