Naira Zohrabyan: international recognition of Genocide is not limited to Barack Obama’s addressApril 25, 2010 - 00:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “I regret that for the second year the U.S. President fails to honor his pre-electoral pledge and does not recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Prospering Armenia parliamentary group member Naira Zohrabyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to her, it would have been good, if Obama called things by their proper names, but it is not correct to wait impatiently every year to see whether the U.S. President will use the word genocide. “Eventually, the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not limited to Barack Obama’s address. We will achieve Turkey’s recognition of the Genocide that is more important,” she stressed. U.S President Barack Obama addressed the Armenian community of the U.S., again using the term Meds Yeghern with respect to the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. 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. |