The traditional torch-lit march dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide kicked off at Freedom Square in Yerevan. The torch-lit march, which is traditionally organized by the Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun political party’s Armenia Chapter, was first held in 1999. Before the march, the participants traditionally burn the …
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia has appealed the decision of the court of first instance to terminate the criminal prosecution—along the lines of the criminal case in connection with the tragic event that occurred in the capital Yerevan on March 1, 2008—of ex-President, Robert Kocharyan, former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan, CSTO ex-Secretary General Yuri …
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee has issued a statement during Thursday’s session, in which it called on Azerbaijan to immediately return all Armenian captives. The statement reads as follows: “The military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the developments since
President Joe Biden is poised to formally declare that the massacres of Armenians in the early 20th century constituted genocide, US officials said, a rare step that would further inflame ties with Turkey, The Wall Street Journal reported. Biden is expected to describe as genocide the deportation, starvation, and massacres of Armenians
A bipartisan group of 107 U.S. House Members today called on President Biden to “clearly and directly recognize the Armenian Genocide” in his upcoming April 24 statement, ending Turkey’s foreign gag-rule against honest U.S. remembrance of this crime, reported the Armenian National Committee of America. “We thank Congressman Schiff, his colleagues in the leadership of …
After its Supreme Assembly, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun political party in Armenia issued a statement stating that it will run in the snap parliamentary elections, if they are held. The statement reads as follows: “The 24th Supreme Assembly of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun political party in Armenia, examining the current situation in the
Editorial Board of Politique Internationale interviewed Armenia’s former Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. The interview reads as follows: Politique Internationale – A simple question to begin with: who started the last war in Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)]?
Politique Internationale – What concrete parameters on the conflict settlement were put forward by the Co-Chair countries? Edward Nalbandian – All proposals made by the Co-Chairs envisioned a package solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem with phased implementation in conjunction with all interrelated components of the settlement. 1). The final legal status
President Armen Sarkissian today expressed condolences on the occasion of the death of President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and co-founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Vartan Gregorian, as reported the Public Relations Department of the Staff of the President of Armenia. The President’s condolence message reads as follows: “I received very sad …
During the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) confirmation hearing on Thursday, April 15, 2021, of Ambassador Victoria Nuland to serve as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, SFRC Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) raised key issues relating to the Armenian people, including the Armenian prisoners of war
