Turks visit Armenian Genocide MuseumOctober 21, 2010 - 15:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dozens of Turkish civilians visited Armenia in the framework of Ani Dialogue program initiated by the South Caucasus and Turkey offices of the Heinrich Boll Foundation in cooperation with the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute. “A wide range of issues, including media and cultural problems were discussed. The condition of Armenian monuments in Turkey and Turkish media coverage of events taking place in Armenia were also in the focus. The guests, who were mostly representatives of Heinrich Boll Foundation and Hrant Dink Foundation, visited the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute and took a trip to the Armenian-Turkish border near Gyumri,” Caucasus Institute director Alexander Iskandaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Ani Dialogue program is aimed to help people meet, communicate, exchange opinions irrespective of whether borders are closed or open. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |