GEDIMINAS KIRKILAS: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY LITHUANIA WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT STEPApril 7, 2005 - 12:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - «We the politicians should work for the Genocide not to repeat,» head of the defense department of Lithuania Gedeminas Kirkilas stated. In his words, everyone should condemn the Genocide. «We want to contribute to Armenia in accession to the EU for wars and genocides not to repeat in the future,» he noted. The Lithuanian Minister informed that no document on acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide circulates in Lithuania, however he as a politician considers that the acknowledgement of the Genocide by Lithuania would have been a right step, Regnum news agency reported. 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. |