April 24 is a Day of Silence for Armenian community of TurkeyApril 24, 2007 - 22:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "April 24 is a Day of Silence for the Armenian community of Turkey. Days that precede and follow April 24 are not perceived as a time, when moves must be initiated on the Armenian issue," said Ara Kochunyan, editor-in-chief of Istanbul based "Zhamanak" newspaper. He said, traditionally the Armenian community of Turkey does not organize any mass events on April 24, this day within the community is a Day of Silence. According to Kochunyan, as to the possibility of changes in the atmosphere concerning the Armenian issue proceeding from the latest events, particularly the Hrant Dink murder and his funeral, when thousands of Turks came with slogans "We all Hrant Dinks, we all are Armenians", it meant that those people came to protest against the assassination of Hrant Dink, "Agos" Armenian-Turkish bilingual editor-in-chief. "We cannot interpret otherwise the protest of those people," Ara Kochunyan stressed, RFE RL reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. |