Yerkir Union calls on Karekin II to raise Javakhk issueJune 7, 2011 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerkir Union addressed an open letter to His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians, calling on him to raise the problems of Javakhk Armenians during his visit to Georgia. “Your Holiness will be in Georgia from June 10 to 15 and will visit the Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakhk-Tsalka. You will meet with Catholic Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and President Mikheil Saakashvili. You will certainly discuss the status of Armenian Apostolic Church and the issue of reconstruction of Armenian churches. However, the Armenians in Georgia and concerned not only over religious problems,” the letter reads. “Not only religious but also political, civil, educational and cultural rights of the Armenian population are being violated, forcing Armenians leave their homes and jeopardizing the future of Javakhk.” Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. 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. |