"Our task today is to condemn and punish Azerbaijan via the International Court of Justice and urge it to return the fragments of the demolished monuments it their places for restoration," a member of the Pan-Armenian Committee of Protection of Monuments stated.

"Both Christians and Muslims live in a society and this supposes respect of its members for each other," Aram I stated.

«Destruction of holy places and monuments is a black page of the human history,» said Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.

A. Baghdassaryan has sent a letter to the PACE President and CE Sec. Gen., in which he expressed concern over barbaric destruction of ancient Armenian cemetery in Old Julfa.

The Bulgarian delegation will lay a wreath to the memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Heikki Talvitie hopes for the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plans to be operative with all three South Caucasus Countries in the course of this year.

Last September 5 journalists condemned the decision of the Turkish court banning the conference on the Armenian Genocide.

"The press and TV play a major role in settlement of the Karabakh issue and establishment of normal working relations between the two peoples, countries," the Azeri Ambassador to Russia said.

"The South Caucasus has inherited a hard legacy, our countries faced the threat of civil wars and armed conflicts," Nino Burjanadze stated.

The Bush Administration request for Fiscal Year 2007 budget includes $50 million in economic aid to Armenia, which is $25 million less from the total amount Congress allocated to Armenia in FY 2006.