Recognition of Armenian Genocide by Bulgaria is an issue of timeOctober 2, 2007 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Bulgaria is an issue of time, the RA Ambassador to Bulgaria, Sergei Manasarian told a news conference in Yerevan. The draft bill introduced in the Bulgarian parliament was blocked by a Turkish party which serves on the coalition government. "The Armenian Genocide recognition is a painful issue for Bulgarian society saturated with ethnic Turks. However, the Turkish community never made anti-Armenian statements on April 24. There was once an article in a Turkish-language newspaper. But it did not attract attention," Amb. Manasarian said. Progress may be expected after the parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria, according to him. May 12, 2006 the Bulgarian parliament voted down a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. At that time "Attack" nationalist party called on the parliament to proclaim April 24 the day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide victims. The parliamentarians, however, said that "passage of the Armenian Genocide resolution will lead to tensions in the Bulgaria-Turkey relations and cause a split in the coalition government formed by three parties, including the party of Turkish minority." 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. |