Turkey knew Armenia will reject offer to form commission of historiansNovember 24, 2008 - 15:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Proposing to from a commission of historians, Turkey knew that it will be rejected because Yerevan doesn't question the fact of the Armenian Genocide."Ankara just wanted the international community to see that Yerevan refuses to discuss this tragedy. It was nothing but an information challenge," Hayk Demoyan, director of the Armenian Genocide museum told a news conference in Yerevan. In 2005, then-President of Armenia Robert Kocharian rejected Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's proposal to form a commission of historians to study the fact of the Armenian Genocide. "If Turkey really wanted a fair study it would not persecute historians, journalists and writers under the article 301," Demoyan said. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |