Some countries' unwillingness to recognize Genocide conditioned by unwillingness to worsen relations with TurkeyOctober 11, 2007 - 21:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Everyone knows what happened to Armenians in Turkey in 1915," Armenian President Robert Kocharian told a news conference in Brussels. "Unwillingness of some countries to recognize the Armenian Genocide is conditioned by unwillingness to worsen relations with Turkey," he said. "Turkey denies the historical fact of Genocide but it doesn't mean that it can impose its policy on other states," he said. The RA President did not agree with the opinion that recognition of the Armenian Genocide by U.S. Congress can damage the Armenian-Turkish relations. "It's impossible to damage relations which do not exist," he said. "We are ready to open dialogue with Turkey without preconditions," the President affirmed, Izvestiya reports. 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 | 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. 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. |