10 01.11.16 - Delegation led by President of Belgian Senate Christine Defraigne visits Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan Belgium looks to adopt law to criminalize Genocide denial November 1, 2016 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Belgian Senate Christine Defraigne visited Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial on Tuesday, November 1. Accompanying the guest were Vice-Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Hermine Naghdalyan and Head of the Armenia-Belgium parliamentary friendship group Shirak Torosyan. Christine Defraigne and members of her delegation laid flowers at the memorial and paid tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million victims with a moment of silence. At the memorial, Defraigne said Belgium attaches great importance to the adoption of a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, "which is important for the successors of both the victims and the perpetrators." Also, the Belgian official weighed in on the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, expressing her support to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |