Iraqi Armenians do not appreciate presence of Armenian peacekeepers in countryMarch 30, 2007 - 19:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iraqi Armenians have never had problems with the authorities, head of Central Armenian National Administration of Iraq Paruyr Hakopian stated at his meeting with "Noravank" scientific-educational fund in Yerevan March 30. He said, it is not important who was ruling in Iraq, Armenians never had problems with the ruling regime. Alongside Hakopian stressed that representatives of the Armenian community have not actively been involved in policy. According to Hakopian representatives of Armenian community were involved in this or that party, even represented in the parliament, however they did not introduce problems of the Armenian community and served interests of the party, since the legislation of the country states it. The head of Armenian community in Iraq informed that Armenians have never involved in the struggle between Shias and Sunnis. "And Armenians as Iraqi citizens expressed extremely negative to American invasion. From the beginning of the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime up to March 1, 2007 28 Armenians have died. In this regard the community does not appreciate the presence of Armenian peacekeepers in the country and tries not to contact with them," the head of the Armenian community of Iraq stressed, IA Regnum reports. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |