At the meeting participants will confirm determination of the international community to assist in establishing stability in Iraq and reconstruction of the country.

The Award is presented by the Armenian Assembly of America to a public official who has demonstrated exemplary leadership on behalf of the Armenian people and nation.

"We recognize how many mischaracterizations of the process and the products took place, but the participants knew what was really taking place and were able to conclude the work," Van Krikorian said.

I would be pleased if Turkey emerges as an EU country one in which principles of tolerance are observed, Van Krikorian said.

"We believe that Turkey needs to come to terms with its past if it is to be honest with its people and help them to a better future," the Co-chair of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission said.

The sooner Congress acknowledges that record the better - until then the United States is a legitimate target of criticism that it will even change its own history, Van Krikorian said.

Khazar Ibrahim: the note refers to "distortion of historical facts in the Russian encyclopedic edition, specifically to presentation of Nagorno Karabakh as an independent formation."

The amendments suppose election of President by people but not by parliament.