Armenia slams Erdogan’s denialist message on Genocide anniversaryApril 25, 2016 - 12:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s message on the 101st anniversary of the Genocide is yet another failed manifestation of denialism, Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister said Sunday, April 24. Erdogan on Sunday commemorated the lives of Armenians lost in the Genocide of 1915, citing the massacres as “tragic conditions” of the war. “That was an explicit attempt to put the responsibility for the Genocide, committed by the authorities of Ottoman Empire against the Armenians, on the Armenians themselves,” Shavarsh Kocharyan said. “Turkey spares no effort to equate the victims of war and those of the Genocide, pre-planned and perpetrated at the state level.” “Turkey’s denialist stance further deepens the gap between the Armenian and Turkish peoples, while the best way to fill it is facing history and repentance,” Kocharyan added. Read also:On Genocide anniversary, Erdogan honors victims with vague wording 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. |