Turkish President warns Lithuania, Latvia against Genocide recognition?April 5, 2013 - 19:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish President Abdullah Gül gave a pres briefing following the visits to Lithuania and Latvia. Gül particularly warned the politicians of the two countries against “taking decisions on 1915 events.” “Sometimes parliaments take decisions on 1915 events. A similar motion was made in the Lithuanian parliament back in 2015, with the authorities opposing it later. They stated that greater attention is attached to friendly ties with Turkey,” Cihan Turkish new agency quoted Gül as saying. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. |