RA FM Welcomes Orhan Pamuk's Nobel PrizeOctober 16, 2006 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian welcomed awarding of Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk with Novel Prize. "We do welcome this decision that coincided with the adoption of the Armenian Genocide bill by the French parliament," Minister Oskanian told RA Public TV. In his words, the signal to Turkey has become more sonorous and this country cannot justify itself rating the decision of the French parliament as speculation targeted at prevention of Turkey's EU membership. "I hope that the decision of the French parliament and awarding of Pamuk with the Nobel Prize will point Turkey to the right way. Turkey should understand that Armenia has no intention to humiliate it but wishes to achieve the Armenian Genocide recognition and overcome this obstacle," the RA FM said, reported newsarmenia.ru. 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. |