Armenia’s two ethnic minority groups have revealed their strong differences over matters of identity as their leaders held rival press conferences on Thursday, accusing each other of misrepresentation and being misleading.
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The preliminary investigation of the criminal case launched on the illegal turnover of narcotic drugs with the purpose of sale and abuse of official duties by the employee of the penitentiary has been completed in the Special Investigation Service. The prosecutor supervising the pre-trial investigation of the criminal case has confirmed the bill of indictment.
During the preliminary investigation it has been stated that Arthur Arakelyan, a leading specialist of the Social, Physiological and Legal Provision Division of the “Sevan” penitentiary, RA Ministry of Justice, came to agreement with the convicts to buy narcotic drugs with the purpose of sale.
The small Armenian contingent deployed in Afghanistan has earned praise from immediate German commanders for effective service and exhibited initiative in protecting strategic facilities in a troubled Afghan city, according to a report by the Armenian Defense Ministry.
Thomas de Waal, a British journalist, author and expert on the Caucasus, best known to Armenians as the author of a book on Karabakh, calls the conflict over the disputed land ‘dormant’ rather than ‘frozen’ because the prospect of renewed hostilities remains real.
Two members of the three-member Armenian delegation that attended the debate and vote on the Armenian Genocide at the US House Foreign Affairs Committee March 4 shared their impressions with journalists in Yerevan on Tuesday, saying they believe that the vote is the first step taken by the United States towards recognizing the Armenian Genocide. They urged the US legislature to continue the recognition process in spite of serious pressures coming from the Turkish Government and Turkish lobbyist organizations.
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On March 9-11, President Serzh Sargsyan will be paying an official visit to France. The delegation headed by the President of the Republic comprises the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, the Minister of Diaspora Affairs Hranush Hakopian, the Chairman of the Armenian-French Friendship parliamentary group, member of the National Assembly Ara Babloyan, and other officials.
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Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan has sent a letter to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in which he expresses gratitude for the passage through the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week of Resolution 252 calling for the affirmation of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
On Tuesday (March 9) the Criminal Court of Appeal cut by half the seven-year sentence handed down in January for radical oppositional political figure Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of 'Haykakan Jamanak' (Armenian Times) daily.
A significant report recently released by Policy Forum-Armenia, a collective of economists, political scientists, journalists, legal experts and others from 10 countries, calls on Armenia and Diaspora to seek to reclaim common philosophical ground that has been eroded by political/civil upheaval of 2008 and by the ongoing debate of Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.
Its release unfortunately overshadowed by the dramatic vote of the U.S. Congress committee on House Resolution 252, the PFA report contains thoughtful, academic observations and reaches conclusions that offer timely application as the whole of Armenia face challenges that demand unified response.
Armenian political analysts believe that the fact the US House of Foreign Affairs Committee approved the Resolution on the Armenian Genocide, should not be a reason for a big triumph, because this is only the first step (in the long road) taken by the US for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and it is not known yet whether it will ever be put to the vote of the US Congress.
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