U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL DOESN'T APPROVE THE RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY MARYLAND STATEMarch 24, 2001 - 17:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, March 24. /Mediamax/. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell sent a letter to deputies in Maryland state who have been taking up a resolution on Genocide on Armenians, and said that the U.S. administration did not approve such resolutions.In his letter Powell said that such initiatives affected foreign policy of the U.S. State Department, Turkish Zaman paper reported. Powell stressed that the issue was not among duties of the local assemblies. Quoting observers in Washington D.C. Zaman reported that Powell's letter was a sign of that the U.S.' new administration would continue to follow support given by former President Bill Clinton to Turkey. The California State Senate unanimously approved on March 22 Joint Resolution 5 Designating April 24 as "Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide". No reports on official Washington's negative reaction to this decision have appeared in the press so far. --0-- Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Partner news | Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals. CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. Bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Armenia Senator Wicker is also the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” |