There is no "Azeri community" in Eastern EuropeOctober 2, 2007 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "According to the Hungarian Constitution, Armenians represent a national minority, which exercises constitutional rights provided by the law," the RA Ambassador to Hungary, Austria, Czechia and Slovakia, Ashot Hovakimian told a news conference in Yerevan."In Hungary, this status is granted to traditional communities living in the country over 300-400 years. Armenians have lived in Hungary for over 500 years. They have elective self-government councils. Meanwhile, there is no Azeri community in Hungary, Austria, Czechia or Slovakia. The Azerbaijani Embassy is attempting to create a such, however, in vain," Ambassador Hovakimian said. For his part, Armenian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Sergei Manasarian said there is not such a notion as "Azeri community" in Bulgaria. "There is a Turkish community, which numbers 600-800 thousand people. The number of Armenians reaches 30 thousand only. I should stress that we are not at odds. The problem is that unlike the Turkish community, the Armenian one is not solidary enough. 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. |