French MP says visit to Genocide Museum impressiveApril 24, 2013 - 18:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French MP, France-Armenia parliamentary friendship group member Valérie Boyer visited the Genocide Museum-Institute, where she left a note in the memory book. “The museum is impressive. We are for the criminalization of the Genocide denial in France and in all of Europe,” the French MP wrote in the book. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter was told in the museum, Ms. Boyer further laid flowers at the Genocide memorial complex. It’s noteworthy that the French MP arrived in Armenia to participate in the April 24 commemoration ceremony for the Genocide victims. Yesterday, on April 23, she expressed regret that the Genocide bill was turned down twice; however, she promised to find another way to promote the adoption of the bill, with the support of MEPs. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |