April 2, 2010 - 18:50 AMT
Draft Statement of Larisa Alaverdyan postponed for 15 days

On April 2, the draft statement of Armenian MP from Heritage group Larisa Alaverdyan to recognize as Genocide the crimes of Azerbaijani authorities against Armenians living in Azerbaijan SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region in 1988-1992 was postponed at the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations. The statement is intended to give a political and legal assessment to the events in the light of continuation of the Armenian Genocide committed in the early 20th century by two Turkish states, press office of the Heritage Party reported.