 Vatican not to attend Gallipoli events in Turkey April 22, 2015 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Holy See will not be represented at the commemoration ceremonies for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli on April 24, officials from the Vatican Embassy in Ankara told daily Hürriyet on April 21, the news website reported. Vatican Embassy officials cited “the cardinal’s unwellness” as the reason the Vatican would be absent. Bilateral relations between Turkey and the Vatican were strained when Pope Francis defined the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey as genocide during a Sunday mass earlier this month. He prompted a row with Turkey, which summoned the Vatican’s envoy and recalled its own. An April 15 European Parliament motion calling the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 a genocide followed the pope’s statement.   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.” |
