Australian Armenians hold Advocacy Week each NovemberNovember 30, 2009 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian community of Australia counts about 40-50 thousand people, Modus Vivendi center director Ara Papian said. "Armenians are mostly arriving from Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Egypt. Like in all other countries, there are Armenian churches, schools and organizations in Australia. Although young people are drifting away from their origins," he said, adding that he is currently in the country on invitation of the Armenian National Committee of Australia. Appreciating highly the activities of the ANC Australia, Mr. Papian marked out the Advocacy Week the Committee holds each November. He also emphasized that majority of Australian senators, whom he met during the visit, do not question the fact of the Armenian Genocide but consider its recognition inexpedient. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | 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. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. 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. |