Turks realized that Armenian churches can help promote tourismOctober 27, 2010 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Initiating the prayer in St. Kirakos church, the Mayor of Diarbekir aimed to develop the region and improve relations with Armenians, a historian said. “Osman Baydemir knows that the reconstructed church will attract a large number of Armenians, what will promote development of tourism and economy of the region,” said Christine Melkonyan, expert of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the RA Academy of Sciences. “Baydemir just reminded that a lot of Armenians left Diarbekir as a result of the Turkish authorities’ policy. He is known as national minorities’ rights advocate,” she said, adding that the government did not prevent the event, fearing of the international community’s reaction. 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 | 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. 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. |