"There was not such a heroic and responsible period in the centuries-old history of our nation," Bako Sahakian said.

Miguel Angel Moratinos: unfortunately, signatures on official documents are not enough. Distrust should be subdued and dialogue between the sides established.

Seymour M. Hersh: the emphasis is on "surgical" strikes on Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities in Tehran and elsewhere.

Co-sponsorship of 62 states proves the political necessity of the decision.

Demolition of cultural monuments is a violation of law which can be described as nationalist and racial acts and religious discrimination.

Fethiye Cetin: evidence and information is being hidden from prosecutors... A lot of evidence was destroyed and lost.

Bryan Ardouny: we must not allow Turkish deniers and whomever they line up to endorse their deceptions to succeed in their attempt to derail affirmation of the Armenian Genocide.

Delegations from 13 cities will take part in the festivities.

"Baku is winning the information war and this can have a negative impact on Armenia's relations with the Arab world," the RA Ambassador to Lebanon says.

The attack, in Sirnak province near the Iraqi border, followed the killing of a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader.