Armenia defense minister remembers Genocide victims in Canada November 15, 2017 - 11:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian defense minister Vigen Sargsyan on Tuesday, November 14 visited the Genocide memorial in the Canadian city of Vancouver. Sargsyan laid flowers at the memorial to honor the memory of 1,5 million victims that were murdered in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Turkey denies to this day. Sargsyan is in Vancouver to participate in the 2017 UN Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial conference. The defense minister earlier visited Los Angeles, the United State.   Top stories Aliyev said the conflict "should be resolved within international law, According to which Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan." The deputy chief of staff of the Artsakh President's office, Davit Babayan is planning to run for president. One Armenian citizen out of the overall 11 had been evacuated from the quarantine zone earlier. It’s an important contribution to the global effort to fight genocides and crimes against humanity,” Sarkissian said.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Erdogan tells Putin it's necessary to control Syrian government in Idlib  The presidency’s readout of the phone call did not cite any new deal between the two countries on developments in Syria.Ten new coronavirus cases of Iran, one more dead The new numbers announced by the ministry bring the number of cases of the new coronavirus in the country to 28.Paris KFC honors Kim Kardashian and Kanye West visit with plaque Patrons of KFC are now greeted by a memorial message to the pair after their visit went viral on social media.Research։ TikTok viral stars could make up to $1 million per post Teenagers used to aspire to become astronauts, firefighters, footballers or pop stars, but times change and so do career goals. |
