  RA NA members commemorate 1999 parliament shooting victims October 27, 2010 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, parliament and government members, politicians and public figures laid flowers to the monument commemorating the victims of 1999 parliament shooting victims. “To prevent similar outrageous crimes in future, the October 27 tragedy should be completely revealed,” said Lernik Aleksanyan, member of the Republican Party of Armenia. 11 years ago, a group of 7 terrorists rushed into the chamber of the Armenian National Assembly and shot down Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan, vice-speakers Yuri Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan, minister for the operative issues Leonard Petrosyan, deputies Armenak Armenakyan, Genrikh Abrahamyan and Mikael Kotanyan.   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 |  Latest news Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
