Vatican not to attend Gallipoli events in TurkeyApril 22, 2015 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Holy See will not be represented at the commemoration ceremonies for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli on April 24, officials from the Vatican Embassy in Ankara told daily Hürriyet on April 21, the news website reported. Vatican Embassy officials cited “the cardinal’s unwellness” as the reason the Vatican would be absent. Bilateral relations between Turkey and the Vatican were strained when Pope Francis defined the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey as genocide during a Sunday mass earlier this month. He prompted a row with Turkey, which summoned the Vatican’s envoy and recalled its own. An April 15 European Parliament motion calling the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 a genocide followed the pope’s statement. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. |