SAN-PAULO BRAZILIAN STATE RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY IN 1915April 30, 2003 - 19:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Legislative Assembly of the largest Brazilian state - San-Paulo - has passed a law recognizing April 24 "a Commemoration Day of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915." Thus, deputies edited the title of the resolution on "Day of Solidarity with the Armenian people" passed by them in 1988. As reported by the press service of the Armenian foreign ministry, the document grounding the adoption of the law says by that the parliament of the state pays tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians, who were deported from the place of their residence and coolly and barbarously annihilated by the Turkish military during the resettlement. The law, per se recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey, was passed by the San-Paulo parliament unanimously. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. 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. |