U.S. Senate candidate vows support for Armenian Genocide resolutionMarch 30, 2012 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On a recent broadcast of The Chai95 Radio Hour with Adam Taxin, on WWDB 860 AM in Philadelphia, Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Sam Rohrer stated that, if elected, he would be willing to co-sponsor a Senate resolution that recognized the extermination of up to 1.5 million Armenian Christians during the period from 1915 to 1923 as Genocide, The Examiner reports. Chai95 Radio Hour host Taxin asked Rohrer, a nine-term former Pennsylvania State Representative from the Reading area: "Would you as a Senator co-sponsor a resolution [to recognize] the Armenian Genocide," to which Rohrer responded unequivocally: "Yes, I would. Absolutely." Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 11 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. Second round of Armenia-Azerbaijan talks set for May 11 The second round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place on May 11. About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. |