Turkish towns terminated twinning with 12 Bulgarian municipalitiesMarch 12, 2009 - 00:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish towns terminated twinning with 12 Bulgarian municipalities, which recognized the actions of 1915 as Armenian Genocide. Turkish Ministry of Interior wrote a circular letter for the municipalities to be taken out of the list for twinning towns, Focus News informs.On the basis of a text of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior sent a letter to other towns with orders not to establish relations of twinning with 12 Bulgarian towns or to terminate them if such have already been launched. Three Turkish towns terminated twinning after it became clear their Bulgarian twin towns recognized Armenian genocide. These are - Bursa, Kurkklareli and Adapazara. They terminated twinning with Dobrich, Plovdiv and Shumen after the circular letter of July 18, 2008. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |