Armenia submits list of 20 missing persons to ICRCMarch 8, 2011 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairperson of the Council of Relatives of Missing Soldiers-Liberators Rima Arakelyan said that over 400 Armenian citizens have been included in the list of missing persons since signing the treaty on ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone. This data coincides with that of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Arakelyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “We have already transferred a list of 20 people to the ICRC. We are going to submit a list of another 30 missing persons. Hopefully, international institutions will take relevant actions, otherwise we will harden our position,” said Arakelyan. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |