U.S. Senate candidate vows support for Armenian Genocide resolution March 30, 2012 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On a recent broadcast of The Chai95 Radio Hour with Adam Taxin, on WWDB 860 AM in Philadelphia, Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Sam Rohrer stated that, if elected, he would be willing to co-sponsor a Senate resolution that recognized the extermination of up to 1.5 million Armenian Christians during the period from 1915 to 1923 as Genocide, The Examiner reports. Chai95 Radio Hour host Taxin asked Rohrer, a nine-term former Pennsylvania State Representative from the Reading area: "Would you as a Senator co-sponsor a resolution [to recognize] the Armenian Genocide," to which Rohrer responded unequivocally: "Yes, I would. Absolutely."   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
