 Armenian language will become official if Kurds vote for independence September 25, 2017 - 18:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian will be among the five official languages if Kurds vote to become an independent state, TASS reports. Members of the High Council for the referendum have revealed the details of the Kurdish authorities' plan in case the majority vote for independence from Baghdad. Besides Armenian, the Kurdish, Arabic, Assyrian and the language of ethnic Turkoman people will also be declared official. The draft of the rights of religious and national groups in the Kurdistan state also stipulates that all of them will have "full representation" in state institutions, "become real partners in the government of the independent state", while in the framework of the federal system, Arabs, Yezidis and Turkomans in particular, will independently manage their regions. People in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan are voting in an independence referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition  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 Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
