Spain's Alzira recognies Armenian GenocideNovember 28, 2015 - 11:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The city of Alzira in Spain’s autonomous community Valencia joined 11 other Spanish cities to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide, Hayern Aysor reports citing Valencia’s Ararat Armenian Association. During a November 25 session of Alzira City Council, all five political parties (Compromis, the Socialist, People’s, Lefts Union and Ciudadanos) unanimously voted in favor of the resolution submitted by Ararat Association, characterizing the first slaughter of Armenians in the 20th century as genocide and condemning Turkey’s policy of denial. During a meeting prior to the session, Alzira Mayor Diego Gomez had promised the members of the Armenian association to send the resolution to other governments and especially the Parliaments of Valencia and Spain. President of Ararat Association Ararat Ghukasyan and Assn. members Sergey Ghaghramanyan and Arsen Abasyan – the latter being the initiator of the event – attended the meeting. Before the resolution was put to the vote, Ghukasyan briefly the attendees on the causes and consequences of the Armenian Genocide, the historic significance of the day, as well as the need and importance for all state structures to recognize the crime. Presenting Gomez with a Forget-Me-Not badge symbolizing the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, Ghukasyan urged him to never forget and continue the struggle for Genocide recognition. Top stories 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Director General of Ucom takes part in recruiting conference Ralph Yirikian participated in the Recruit Days business and networking conference organized by Move2Career. Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |