French President impressed by Armenian Genocide Memorial October 7, 2011 - 12:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was impressed by the Armenian Genocide Memorial. During a press conference in Yerevan, Mr. Sarkozy said the visit to Tsitsernakaberd and the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will be among of his strongest memories. “This museum reminded me of Yad Vashem and the genocide museum in Rwanda,” he said, adding that he shares the feelings of millions of Armenians. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. |