Turkey displeased with oncoming screening of Armenian Genocide film in IranApril 5, 2011 - 15:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ankara will be outraged by the screening of Tigran Khzmalyan’s Armin Wegner- Genocide Photographer film. According to Milliyet Turkish newspaper, recently Iran-Turkey relations were taken to a higher level. ''However, Tehran is initiating an unfriendly step, allowing the screening of a film about Armenian Genocide on April 24,'' the newspaper reported. ''On April 24, Tehran will host the screening of Armin Wegner- Genocide Photographer film,'' the film director Trigran Khzmalyan stated on April 4. “I’m glad that the screening is scheduled for April 24, which increases its political meaning. Members of the Armenian community as well as Iranian parliamentarians will attend the screening,” he said. As Khzmalyan noted, the movie might be broadcast on one of Iranian TV channels. Armin Wegner was a German soldier and medic in World War I. Stationed in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Wegner was a witness to the Armenian Genocide. The photographs he took documenting the plight of the Armenians today "comprise the core of witness images of the Genocide." Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |