  Baku concerned over France’s OSCE co-chairmanship January 23, 2012 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan is seriously concerned over France’s ‘unusual’ stance on the Armenian Genocide issue, an Azerbaijani MP said. According to Aydin Mirzezada, much depends on today’s debate and voting on the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. “Azerbaijan is likely to question France’s co-chairmanship in OSCE Minsk Group if the French Senate passes the bill,” she said, quoted by 1news.az. On January 18, Constitutional Commission of the French Senate passed a decision against the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial, accepting Senators’ solicitation that oppose the aforesaid legislation. The French Senate is set to debate the bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial today, Jan 23, 6pm Yerevan time.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Topics 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.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.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
