International community's attitude to Armenian Genocide recognition changedDecember 22, 2008 - 15:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The international community's attitude to recognition the Armenian Genocide has considerably changed recently, an Armenian professor said. "Several years ago politicians and historians in the United State could question the fact of the Genocide. Now, the situation is quite different. Media publications referring to the 1915 events blame the Ottoman Empire for the massacre of Armenians," Ruben Safrastyan, director of the institute of oriental studies at the RA academy of sciences, told a news conference in Yerevan. Turkish political elite can't renounce the Ottoman heritage. This is the problem of the Armenian-Turkish relations, according to him. "Turkey fears that Armenia will lay territorial claims. Actually, it's impossible over the absence an appropriate international legal mechanism," prof. Safrastyan said. 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. |