Ruben Safrastyan: US still interested in TurkeyApril 24, 2010 - 22:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Contents of Barack Obama’s Statement on Armenian Remembrance Day suggest US is still interested in Turkey, according to RA NAS Oriental Studies Institute director Ruben Safrastyan. As he told PanARMENIAN.Net the US failed to uphold its democracy supporter image. '' Barack Obama deserves moral censure for once again making a bargain with his conscience,'' Safrastyan emphasized. As he noted, this year Administration will not be strongly pressuring Congress in reference to Armenian Genocide resolution passage. In his annual address to US Armenian community President Obama once again termed the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire as ''Mets Yeghern''. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |