Arpi Vartanian: politics should not intrude into historyJanuary 26, 2007 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Each presidential contender promises the American Armenians to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. It's natural. They want to enlist support of various levels of population while the Armenian community is rather strong and influential," Arpi Vartanian, the Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net In her words, politics should not intrude into history. "Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, who enjoy popular support, have already announced the decision to run for President. It's too early to say who can win the race but we can suppose that an African American or a woman may be elected President for the first ever time in the U.S. history. A woman has already been elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Thus, everything is possible and we are hopeful that one of the U.S. Presidents will keep promise and recognize the Armenian Genocide," she said. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |