  Armenia’s Jews hope for Knesset to recognize GenocideJune 10, 2011 - 14:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Jewish community hopes for Genocide recognition issue at Knesset to be positively resolved in near future, the community's chairperson said. As Rimma Varzhapetryan told a news conference in Yerevan, significant progress has been observed, judging by Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin’s encouraging statements, as well as Armenian issue lobby group at Israeli parliament. Ms. Varzhapetryan further dwelled on intensive Azerbaijani propaganda among Israeli MPs, effected through support and high-level meetings. “Armenia’s Jewish community offers a very good welcome to Israeli officials, yet that’s not enough. The matter requires a governmental approach,” she stated.   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 |  Topic Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
