Expert: Armenia must defend its communities worldwideDecember 8, 2011 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia must defend all its communities throughout the world, Director of the Oriental Studies Institute at Armenian National Academy of Sciences said. “All Armenians should know, that Armenian government supports them and stands ready to defend them if necessary,” Ruben Safrastyan told a news conference in Yerevan. Dwelling on possible deterioration of relations with any country given the aforesaid, Safrastyan noted that Armenia should be ready for certain steps. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |