  German Bundestag Vice-President commemorates Genocide victims October 1, 2012 - 15:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Vice-President of the German Bundestag Wolfgang Thierse visited Tsitsernakaberd Genocide memorial Sunday, September 30, accompanied by his Armenian counterpart Eduard Sharmazanov, National Assembly press service reported.The German official left a note in the memory book, expressing condemnation for the Genocide and stressing adherence to peace and human rights. “In 2005, Bundestag condemned the Armenian Genocide and expressed its view on the crimes against humanity. We believe the international community must give an adequate assessment of similar tragedies,” Mr. Thierse stressed.   Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries  NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said.Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north.U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said.Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |
