Naira Zohrabyan: international recognition of Genocide is not limited to Barack Obama’s addressApril 25, 2010 - 00:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “I regret that for the second year the U.S. President fails to honor his pre-electoral pledge and does not recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Prospering Armenia parliamentary group member Naira Zohrabyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to her, it would have been good, if Obama called things by their proper names, but it is not correct to wait impatiently every year to see whether the U.S. President will use the word genocide. “Eventually, the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not limited to Barack Obama’s address. We will achieve Turkey’s recognition of the Genocide that is more important,” she stressed. U.S President Barack Obama addressed the Armenian community of the U.S., again using the term Meds Yeghern with respect to the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. 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”. |