Armenia expresses condolences to Germany over Berlin attackDecember 20, 2016 - 16:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan sent on Tuesday, December 20 a letter of condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the tragedy which took place in central Berlin, killing and injuring dozens of innocent people. The President strongly condemned the terrorist act and reiterated Armenia’s commitment to consistently continue fighting against international terrorism. Also, Sargsyan expressed condolences to the people of Germany and families of the victims. Merkel said earlier that the deadly truck crash at a Berlin Christmas market was believed to have been a terrorist attack. She said Monday’s attack, in which a black semitrailer plunged into crowd of holiday revelers at the market in front of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church killing 12 people and injuring 48 others, may have been perpetrated by a migrant who had sought asylum in Germany. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |