  Latvian FM honors Armenian Genocide victims November 15, 2012 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs visited Armenian Genocide Memorial today, Nov 15. The official laid flowers to the memorial, visited Genocide Museum-Institute and made the following note in the Memory Book, “One must honor the innocent victims to prevent reoccurrence of such a crime.” Minister Rinkēvičs will be in Armenia till November 16. Meetings with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, parliament vice speaker Eduard Sharmazanov and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian are on the agenda. Rinkēvičs will further deliver a speech at Diplomatic School at Armenian Foreign Ministry.   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 |  Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Turkey wants deal after “positive developments”  Turkey hopes “positive developments” in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to an agreement.Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial.Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north.“He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. |
