Turkish General Staff plotted terror acts against Armenian apology campaign initiatorsFebruary 18, 2009 - 19:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Turkish General Staff plotted terror acts against initiators of the Armenian apology campaign, Istanbul-based Normarmara Armenian newspaper reports. "If I hadn't been arrested on January 7, Armenian activists in Turkey would have been assaulted," said Ibrahim Shahin, former deputy chief of the Turkish special forces. According to him, the grouping should have included 150-300 Turkish soldiers charged with the task to carry out ethnic cleansings throughout the country. The black list included the initiators of the Armenian apology campaign, 850 members of pro-Kurdish party as well as Assyrians and Jews residing in Turkey. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |