U.S. State Department human rights report on Armenia contains inaccuraciesMarch 9, 2007 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The annual country report on Armenia issued by the U.S. State Department contains some inaccuracies. Moreover, it's very subjective, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told a news conference in Yerevan. Armenia has a serious attitude about documents of the kind, he said. "We will examine the report and then the RA MFA will announce its position. However, the report marks out positive tendencies on the whole," the Minister said.He informed that his speech at the UN Security Council meeting in Geneva will be dedicated to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the Armenian-Turkish relations and violations of human rights thereupon. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |