Naira Zohrabyan: international recognition of Genocide is not limited to Barack Obama’s addressApril 25, 2010 - 00:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “I regret that for the second year the U.S. President fails to honor his pre-electoral pledge and does not recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Prospering Armenia parliamentary group member Naira Zohrabyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to her, it would have been good, if Obama called things by their proper names, but it is not correct to wait impatiently every year to see whether the U.S. President will use the word genocide. “Eventually, the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not limited to Barack Obama’s address. We will achieve Turkey’s recognition of the Genocide that is more important,” she stressed. U.S President Barack Obama addressed the Armenian community of the U.S., again using the term Meds Yeghern with respect to the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. 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 | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |