French President visits Armenian Genocide memorialOctober 11, 2018 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, October 11 visited the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the mass killings, masterminded and perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923. The French leader also visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial-Institute to learn more about the first genocide of the 20th century. Afterwards, Macron met his Armenian counterpart Armen Sarkissian and is now participating in the XVII Summit of La Francophonie. The Armenian capital of Yerevan is hosting the XVII Summit of La Francophonie on October 11-12. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. |