Obama to appoint delegation to attend Genocide commemorative eventsApril 13, 2015 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States of America will be officially represented at the centenary events in Tsitsernakaberd, the Armenian Genocide memorial, with the members of the delegation to be appointed by the U.S. President Barack Obama himself. “The United States will be officially represented by a delegation, named by the president, at the memorial events in Yerevan. We expect to announce the members of the delegation soon,” the U.S. ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills stated, according to Armenpress. “Along with Armenia, the United States mourns the victims of the massacres and deportation of about 1,5 million Armenians during the last years of the Ottoman Empire. We should never forget this tragedy and should keep bright the memory of those, who gave their lives for us to work with the international community not to allow such horrible things to happen again,” the envoy said. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. 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. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. 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. |