ARMENIA'S ARCHIVES HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN FOR SCIENTISTS AND SPECIALISTSApril 26, 2002 - 23:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Commenting on the call of the Turkish officials to open Armenian archives chief of the Archivist Agency of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Culture Amatuni Virabian told journalists today that Armenia's archives had and would always be open for scientists and specialists willing to study not only documents on the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey at the beginning of the last century, but also any other questions. As reported by «Arminfo» agency, Virabian noted that together with director of the Armenian Genocide museum Lavrentiy Barseghian he was preparing an open letter to the Turkish President and Prime Minister stating about the openness of the Armenian archives. In his words, Armenian scientists plan a tour to Ankara to familiarize with the opportunities of opening the Turkish archives. Virabian noted that thousands of documents testifying to mass violence acts, pogroms and massacres of the Armenian populations of Cilicia and West Armenia in 1894-1923 are stored in the Armenian archives. 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 | 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. |