Kars monument demolition mirrors Armenian-Turkish relationsMay 2, 2011 - 12:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The demolition of the Monument to Humanity in Kars mirrors the current stage of Armenian-Turkish relations, an expert said. “All points of contact are being destroyed together with the monument,” Ruben Melkonyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “The move is aimed to gains the votes of nationalists and Azerbaijani diaspora on the threshold of the parliamentary election.” For his pat, well-known sculptor Levon Tokmajyan noted that the decision to pull down the monument was not caused by its aesthetic defects. “Even if the statue were the handwork of Michelangelo, it would have been dismantled, in line with the Turkish policy,” he said. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |