U.S. Congress has recognized Armenian Genocide still in 1973April 23, 2007 - 14:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States Congress has recognized the Armenian Genocide long ago, the H. Res. 106 only confirms this historical fact and calls on President Bush to use this term in his annual April 24 address," "Hay Dat" office head Giro Manoyan stated to a press conference in Yerevan. He said, already 191 House representatives and also 38 senators expressed their support for the Resolution. "218 votes are necessary for adoption of the Resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives and 51 - in Senate. I think that necessary number will be gathered to the moment of voting," Manoyan noted. He also reminded the U.S. Congress has recognized the Armenian Genocide still in 1973 and starting from 1994 president of the country sends addresses on this occasion. But those addresses always say "tragic events of 1915". Manoyan underlined the main purpose of the Resolution is to urge the U.S. president to use the term "genocide" like in other similar cases, say when he speaks about genocides in Rwanda and Darfur. 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 | Russian Ambassador to Armenia summoned to Moscow for consultations Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has been summoned to Moscow for consultations. Azerbaijan says now controls 4 villages as part of deal with Armenia Azerbaijan's border service has taken control of four villages in the Gazakh district on the border with Armenia. Lukashenko has "very interesting proposal" involving Caucasus Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has said he has "a very interesting proposal" involving the Caucasus region. Azerbaijan establishing three military colleges Three military colleges are being established in Azerbaijan, according to a decree signed by the country’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov. |