  Yerevan to host 12th torchlight procession for Genocide victims April 23, 2011 - 13:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the evening of April 23, ARF Dashnaktsutyun-organized traditional torchlight procession will launch at 8:00 p.m. Yerevan time at Aram Khachaturian monument. As expected, the rally will include 10-15 thousand participants. For the first time, representatives of Armenia’s national minorities will participate. According to organisers, burning of a Turkish flag is not planned, yet it’s not ruled out the rally participants will do so.   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 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. |
