COUNCIL OF WALES CAPITAL RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDEOctober 27, 2004 - 22:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cardiff Council has recognized the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915. As reported 525 Azeri newspaper, City Council member Rodney Berman stated thereupon that a monument to Genocide victims will be erected in Cardiff in 2005. It became possible owing to the three-year work of Armenia-Wales friendship group. It should be noted that the group members considered the fact as a preliminary step on the way of acknowledgement of the Genocide by the UK. Top stories 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). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |