ANCA: we reaffirm our commitment to challenging Azerbaijan's aggressionFebruary 29, 2012 - 10:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Representatives Gary Peters (D-MI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and have offered U.S. House floor statements over the past week marking Azerbaijan's pogroms and massacres against ethnic Armenian civilians in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). These four legislators join with Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, and Judy Chu (D-CA), who made Congressional statements regarding these massacres earlier this month, and with Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), who issued a public statement this week marking these human rights atrocities. "We join with friends of Armenia and advocates of human rights from California, Michigan, Rhode Island, Virginia and across America in thanking each of Members of Congress who has joined with Armenians worldwide in marking the Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku pogroms," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "In pausing to remember these atrocities we reaffirm our commitment to challenging Azerbaijan's aggression and threats of renewed war, and, more broadly, to protecting the innocent and promoting peace for all the peoples of the Caucasus region." Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. ARARAT special evening dedicated to Aznavour's 100th Anniv. On May 20 ARARAT legendary Armenian brandy, celebrated the centennial of Maestro Charles Aznavour with a special event. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. |