Aziz Tamoyan: 60 thousand Yezids stand ready to support ArmeniaJune 22, 2010 - 14:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Union of Yezidis of the World condemns Azerbaijan’s subversive act against the Nagorno Karabakh. “We were indignant to know about the incident. Azerbaijan’s actions come as continuation of the Genocide perpetrated by Turks early last century. The Yezidis are calling on the international community to demand that the diversion organizers be punished,” chairman of the Union Aziz Tamoyan told reporters on June 22. “Karabakh was and remains an Armenian land, which never belonged to Azerbaijan,” he stated. “Ilham Aliyev’s provocation which immediately followed the St. Petersburg meeting is an offence to the Russian leadership. The fact is that Aliyev junior initiates such steps not proceeding from the popular interests but to keep his post,” he said. “During the Arstakh war, the Armenian Yezidis were supporting the Armenian nation. We are not afraid of war and in case of necessity we will again back our Armenian brothers,” Tamoyan said. As to Armenian authorities’ attitude to Yezidi community, he emphasized that contrary to some Muslim countries, no attempts of assimilation are made in Armenia. “Our 60-thousand community has a newspaper, radio program and literature published in our language,” he said. 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 | 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. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |