Armenian President thanks Riksdag for Genocide recognitionApril 23, 2011 - 16:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 23, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Deputies of the Riksdag of the Kingdom of Sweden Annelie Enochson and Fredrik Malm, awarded Medal of Honour of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Swedish Parliament. Armenian President emphasized the importance of Swedish MPs’ visit in the further development of Armenia-Sweden parliamentary ties. On behalf of the Armenian nation, President Sargsyan thanked the Riksdag for Armenian Genocide recognition, noting that it might serve as an important example for other nations. “We believe that Turkey must follow Germany’s example by acknowledging its fault for the Genocide and asking Armenian nation’s pardon,” the Swedish MPs stressed, according to presidential press service. 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 | 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |