  Members of Congress visit Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan October 18, 2022 - 13:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The delegation led by the Chairman of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) of the U.S. House of Representatives David Price visited the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan on Tuesday, October 18. The members of Congress were accompanied by the Chair of the Armenian parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Eduard Aghajanyan and member of the Armenia-U.S Friendship Group Maria Karapetyan. The guests laid flowers and a wreath at the Eternal Fire honoring the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims, observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to the memory of the Holy Martyrs. Members of the House of Representatives Diana DeGette, Jim Cooper and Andy Levin are in Armenia too. The trip comes on the heels of another visit by a congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which her office described as the highest-ranking U.S. official visit the country since its independence in 1991. The trip was intended to highlight the United States’ “firm commitment to a peaceful, prosperous and democratic Armenia, and a stable and secure Caucasus region,” the California Democrat said in a statement in September.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.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. |
