French parliamentarian: we often lied to Armenians, time for justice has comeDecember 22, 2011 - 14:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There are several reasons for adoption of the bill on penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, member of France-Armenia interparliamentary friendship group said. “First, how come human rights are violated in a democratic country? The very denial of this fact stains us with the guilt of extermination,” Francois Pupponi said. “Second, we have to vote “for” in the name of Armenians who survived the Genocide, who found shelter in France. And third, we have to act for the political unity of the Left and Right, both having promised the Armenian community to pass the bill. And finally we need to remove all taboos for establishment fruitful cooperation with Turkey. We might as well speak to them about the Kurdish and other issues,” he said. 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. |