Few People in U.S. Knew about Armenian Genocide Some 10-20 Years AgoJuly 5, 2006 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Turkish public tends to get interested in own history and past. This is proved by the recent international conference on the Armenian Issue in Istanbul. Turkey should understand and reconcile to its history. It's very important for us, AAA Executive Director Bryan D. Ardouny said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net "However Turkey denies the Armenian Genocide and keeps on imposing blockade on Armenia, so we continue our activities in this direction. As you know Armenia is ready to normalize the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions. I should also underscore that we keep in touch with the Congressmen and the Bush Administration and this cooperation proves efficient. The number of members of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues increases day by day. By the way, very few people in the United States knew about the Armenian Genocide some 10-20 years ago. Moreover, media did not even use the term "genocide". Now the situation is quite different. Great number of people are aware of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. I think this is the service of the Armenian lobbying organizations, for most part of the AAA," he said. At thte same time he remarked that if Turkey is really aspired to the EU full membership it should meet all the commitments set to it. "This first of all implies freedom of speech, religious tolerance and open borders with the neighbor states. If Turkey does not fulfill these obligations it will never be accepted to the EU," the AA Executive Director said. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |