Heritage Party to hold protest rally in front of US EmbassyApril 18, 2009 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 21, Heritage party will organize a rally in front of the US Embassy in Yerevan. The rally will start at M. Saryan monument. Upon reaching the US Embassy, the protesters will hand the US Ambassador a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama."We aim to expresses our disapproval of the US position in Armenian Genocide issue," Heritage Party representative David Sanasaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to him, the Armenians lost 90% of their cultural values and were deprived of their homeland as a result of Turkey's policy aimed at extermination of the Armenians. And this act shouldn't go unpunished. "The problem didn't find a reasonable solution over the past 94 years. But the fact that Turkey committed the Armenian Genocide is beyond doubt. Genocide recognition is of vital importance to our nation, and it's our moral duty to once again raise the issue," he noted. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |