March 19, 2010
(The following editorial is from the London Daily News online journal.)
Turkey once again is retreating into “dark ages mode” with threats by Prime Erdogan following comments during a recent visit to London to expel 100,000 Armenians in Turkey “if necessary I will tell the 100,000: OK, time to go back to your country”.
The issue of the Armenian genocide and the failure by Turkey to recognize this ever happened, not only discredits any aspirations that Turkey has of joining the European Union, but also its supporters which include the current Conservative and Labour party’s in the UK. Read more... (280 words)
March 19, 2010
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov welcomed adoption of the updated version of the Madrid principles for settlement of the Karabakh conflict by Yerevan.
The Madrid principles remain at the negotiating table, and we continue negotiating on them Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said March 18.
“This will create an opportunity to continue the negotiation process and begin work on a large agreement on the settlement of the conflict,” Elmar Mammadyraov told journalists at a news conference.
“We need to discuss further steps with the mediators,” Mammadyarov added, Trend News reports.
Source: ArmRadio - Original Article
March 18, 2010
In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Shahan Natalie’s birth, the Shahan Natalie Family Foundation invites the public to attend a tribute to the living memory of the internationally known intrepid Armenian thinker, writer, orator, and activist.
The event will take place on Saturday, April 10, 2010, in the Los Angeles Public Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium. Preceding the afternoon program, Sylva Natalie Manoogian will lead a Hye (Armenian) Treasures tour of the Central Library’s resources, Asbarez.com reported.
Born in the village of Husenik, province of Kharberd, Historic Armenia, Shahan Natalie (born Hagop Der Hagopian) was orphaned at the age of 11, during the 1895 Hamidian massacres of the Armenians. He was sent to Istanbul and was accepted by the famed Berberian Academy, where his literary career and community activism were launched. Read more... (311 words)
March 17, 2010
British Justice Minister Jack Straw on Tuesday assured Turkey’s Prime Minister that Parliament would not pass a resolution recognizing the Ottoman-era killings of Armenians as genocide, CNNTürk reported.
“The chance of this becoming law is zero. I can assure everyone on this issue, Straw said.
After the Swedish parliament adopted an Armenian genocide resolution last week, many have turned their attention to the British Parliament, where a draft will be submitted to a House of Commons committee after a second reading on April 30.
If it is approved, an Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day will be established in the country.
“The English government and the opposition do not support this draft,” Straw said. Read more... (155 words)
March 16, 2010
To deport citizens of Armenia living illegally in Turkey means to give a “winning card” to those countries who come out against Turkey, said Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu during a closed-door meeting of the foreign affairs committee of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, responding to opposition People’s Republican Party MP Canan Arıtman’s earlier statements which suggested deporting all Armenian citizens.
“Such a step would become a winning card in the hands of those countries who are against us. In addition, all of the world’s countries’ papers will publish articles about deported Armenians. A nationalist image would form, [and] Turkey will be in a more difficult situation,” said Davutoglu. Read more... (217 words)
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