National tragedy should not become article of commerceMarch 30, 2009 - 16:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama's forthcoming visit to Turkey and discussion of the Armenian Genocide in Congress are certainly important events in Turkey's political life, an Armenian expert said. "Of course, it would be commendable if Obama recognized the Genocide. It's an issue of morality. However, it's inadmissible when the tragedy of a whole nation is transformed into an article of commerce," Ruben Mehrabyan, expert at Armenian Center of Political and International Studies. He also said that it's hard to demand justice for a country whose index of civil rights freedom is extremely low and where elections are always labeled as marred. "We can't speak of inadmissibility of double standards, at the same time doing nothing to prevent them in our own country," Mehrabyan said. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |