South Ossetia Ready to Recognize Armenian GenocideJune 2, 2006 - 14:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "If the Armenian party addresses the republic of South Ossetia, our parliament is ready to recognize the Armenian Genocide perpetrated in Ottoman Turkey at the beginning of last century," South Ossetian President Eduard Koykoty stated at a press conference in Moscow. In his words, with adopting the Declaration on the genocide perpetrated by Georgia aganist South Ossetians, the history of tragic events that took place in the Ottoman Empire was also studied. To remind, April 26 the South Ossetian parliament passed the Declaration on the genocide of South Ossetians in 1989-1922. The declaration says that the Georgian Mensheviks subjected South Ossetians to genocide starting from 1774. In 1920 South Ossetia was forcibly annexed to the Soviet Georgia, whose leadership applied the policy of discrimination and assimilation that led to nationalist processes at late 1980-ies, reported IA Regnum. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |