Ruben Melkonyan: Obama will use Genocide term as soon as he comes up with follow-up planApril 24, 2010 - 23:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - I did not expect Obama to use Genocide term in his annual address to Armenian Community, Armenian expert Ruben Melkonyan said. As he told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Obama will use Genocide term as soon as he comes up with follow-up plan, or in case Turkish society eventually comes to terms with its past. “At present, Turkey is not ready to recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Melkonyan noted, adding that commemorative actions held by Turkish intellectual elite is a singular case. 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 | Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. |