Turkey wants to freeze Armenian Genocide issueSeptember 12, 2008 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Federation of Assyrian Organizations of Armenia welcomes the visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul."However, we think that Armenia should not yield its positions," Irina Gasparyan, the Federation President, told a news conference in Yerevan today. Head of World Yezidi National Union, Aziz Tamoyan doesn't bind hopes with Gul's visit to Armenia. "Coming to Yerevan, Turkish President should understand the consequences of this event. He should seek for ways establish dialog with Armenia and accept that Yezids, Assyrians and Greeks were also subjected to Genocide in the Ottoman Empire," he said. Arkady Khitarov, head of the Greek Union of Armenia, commented, "We should always remind Turkey about its past but simultaneously establish civilized relations with this country." Asked by a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter to comment on Turkish President's intention to mediate tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Irina Gasparyan said she doesn't believe in such mediation, taking into account friendly Turkey-Azerbaijan relations. According to Aziz Tamoyan, putting forth the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation initiative, Turkey tries to freeze the Armenian Genocide issue. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. ARARAT special evening dedicated to Aznavour's 100th Anniv. On May 20 ARARAT legendary Armenian brandy, celebrated the centennial of Maestro Charles Aznavour with a special event. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |