Gyumri Youth commemorated innocent victims of the Armenian GenocideApril 25, 2009 - 18:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the evening of Apr. 24 a torchlight procession was organized, starting at St. Jakob Church. According to Gharib Haroutyunyan, one of procession participants, the march aimed to once again prove Gyumri's unwavering intent to struggle for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. "We're satisfied with procession results and weren't surprised to be joined by Gyumri people, the number of procession participants growing to 1500," Gyumri Student Council Organization Executive Director Vladimir Shatverov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The procession was completed at St. Virgin Mary Church, where march participants lit candles in memory of Genocide victims. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |