Armenian people will never forget Armenian Genocide, despite Turkey’s effortsApril 24, 2010 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Radik Martirosyan said that, irrespective of weather conditions, Armenians come to the Armenian Genocide Memorial to commemorate innocent victims every year on April 24. “This year is peculiar by the fact that we had been trying to normalize our relations with Turkey. However, Turkey wanted to use our gesture of goodwill for the implementation of its preconditions,” Mr. Martirosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “The fact that all Armenians visit the Memorial shows that our people will never forget this horrible crime, despite Turkey’s efforts,” Martirosyan said. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | 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. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |