The adoption by the United States of documents qualifying the massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1894-1923 as a pre-planned and purposefully carried out act of genocide, has a long history. These documents and concrete steps clarify the US policy on this issue, they date back to 1894.
Here is a short list of them: Continue reading
President of the USA Joe Biden for the 1st time of all U.S. Presidents officially recognized the Armenian Genocide in his message addressed to the Armenian people. Biden used the word ‘’genocide’’ in his message.
The statement runs as follows,
”Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide Continue reading
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 Turkish flag at Freedom Square, after which they march through Baghramyan Avenue and Kievyan Street of Yerevan and reach the peak of Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex where they gather near the eternal flame and raise the flags of all countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide.
The slogan for this year’s march is “Recognition, Condemnation, Restitution”.
The torch-lit march will end with a unified prayer at the memorial complex.
As in previous years, torch-lit marches will also be simultaneously held in various communities of Armenia this year as well.
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 Khachaturov, and former deputy PM Armen Gevorgyan under Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code and to drop the respective criminal proceedings. Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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 the Armenian Caucus, Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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)]? Continue reading
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 Continue reading
