Armenian Genocide victims commemorated in Berlin![]() April 22, 2013 - 20:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin hosted an event on Saturday, April 20 to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire. Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese in Germany Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian, the representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in Germany Harutyun Grigoryan, public figures, as well as Berlin’s Armenian community attended the event. The Freie Universitaet Berlin professor Jirayr Kocharian delivered a keynote speech, urging for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news |