Ankara: Armenia cemetery desecrated, bodies removed from gravesAugust 13, 2020 - 18:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian cemetery in Ankara, Turkey has been desecrated, with bodies removed from graves, Ermenihaber.am reports. Co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party, lawmaker Mustafa Yeneroğlu has raised the issue with Ankara mayor Mansur Yavaş. According to Yeneroğlu, bones and human remains are now scattered across the cemetery. The lawmaker described the situation as "shameful" and called for burying the remains immediately. According to media reports, the mayor of Ankara has said that city authorities are already taking action. 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 | 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 Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |