Vatican position on Armenian Genocide unchanged: officialFebruary 5, 2016 - 11:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish media reports suggesting that the Vatican has stepped back from Pope Francis’ message on the Armenian Genocide are totally false, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan said in tweet. Turkish ambassador to the Vatican, Mehmet Paçacı, returned to his post at the Holy See after a ten-month absence following the historic Mass held by Pope Francis in honor of the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide on April 12, 2015. Turkey summoned the ambassador after Pope Francis remembered the Armenian Genocide, spoke about the consequences of forgetting and denial, and proclaimed the Armenian Saint Gregory of Narek a Doctor of the Church, during the April 2015 Mass. Tanju Bilgiç, spokesperson of the Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, said the decision for the ambassador’s return to the Vatican came after the Holy See praised “Turkey’s willingness to open its archives” in a statement. According to the spokesman, the Vatican hailed Turkish initiative of opening the archives in order to arrive jointly at a better understanding of historical events, including the “tragic events of 1915.” Related links: Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |