Dresdner Sinfoniker to commemorate Armenian Genocide in TurkeyOctober 17, 2016 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dresdner Sinfoniker will perform "Aghet", a production commemorating the Armenian Genocide, in Turkey, Ermenihaber.am reports citing the Turkish service of Deutsche Welle. The concert is slated for November 13 at the Consulate General of Germany in Istanbul, Turkey. The orchestra said on April 23 that Turkey attempted to pressure it and the EU to keep the term genocide out of the same concert it ended up playing on April 30 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. The controversy then centered on texts that were sung or spoken during the show in the eastern German city of Dresden, as well as the event's programme, which used the word. Director of the Dresdner Sinfoniker orchestra Markus Rindt said the project seeks to create a German-Turkish-Armenian unity. Also, he said, it will foster dialogue between Armenia and Turkey. Rindt added that the concert matters to Germany a lot as the country "bears its own share of responsibility for the massacres." 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 | 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.” |