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House approves resolution recognizing Armenian genocide in snub to Turkey

Aram Torosian
Fox News
Oct 29 2019
By Bradford Betz | Fox News


House Democrats on Tuesday approved a controversial resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide, a move intended to anger Turkey at a time of strained relations with the U.S.

Speaking on the House floor in support of H.Res.296, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said the resolution “is an important measure to set the record straight on the atrocities suffered by the Armenian people at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.”

"We know what happened in this dark period of history. Between 1915 and 1923, 1.5 million Armenians were murdered. This was a genocide —and it’s important that we call this crime what it was."

Turkey has long disputed the term “genocide” to describe what happened, calling the death toll inflated and considering those killed victims of war.

Earlier this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said nations accusing his country of committing genocide had their own “bloody past.”

Resolutions by the U.S. to recognize the Armenian genocide have been introduced multiple times in recent decades but have never reached the floor. Such instances occurred separately under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations.

Opponents of a resolution say formally recognizing the Armenian genocide risks angering Turkey, whose relationship is crucial to stability in the region. But such apprehensiveness has waned with Turkey’s invasion of northeast Syria earlier this month following President Trump's withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.

“I think some of us are a little bit annoyed with Turkey, and we want them to know how much annoyed we are,” Engel told NPR last week.

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H.Res.296 is a bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and GOP Reps. Gus Bilirakis of Florida and Peter King of New York.

It passed with 226 yeas from Democrats, 178 from Republicans, and one from an Independent. In all, 11 Republicans voted nay. Two Democrats and one Republican voted present.


PM visits Vanadzor Fine Arts Museum

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PM visits Vanadzor Fine Arts Museum

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VANADZOR, OCTOBER 26, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited on October 26 the Vanadzor Fine Arts Museum, which is currently undergoing a reconstruction.

The museum administration briefed the PM on the reconstruction and the museum’s history.

The renovation is expected to the completed in late November.

90 million drams have been invested for the work.

The Karlos Abovyan Fine Arts Museum of Vanadzor was founded in 1974.

Photos by Gevorg Perkuperkyan

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan




Trump expected to appoint deputy secretary of state as Ambassador to Russia

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Trump expected to appoint deputy secretary of state as Ambassador to Russia

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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS.US President Donald Trump will nominate US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan for the office of new Ambassador to Russia, TASS reports citing The Wall Street Journal.

According to an undisclosed source inside the US Department of State, Moscow gave its consent to accredit Sullivan to the post.

On October 3, 2019, Jon Huntsman completed his tenure as US Ambassador to Russia. He was appointed back in October 2017. In early August, he sent a resignation letter to Trump.

Tombstones with Armenian inscriptions found near Georgia bridge

Aram Torosian
News.am, Armenia
Oct 12 2019
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11:43, 12.10.2019
                  

TBILISI. – Tombstones with Armenian and Georgian inscriptions were discovered during restoration work at Dry Bridge of Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi, the embassy of Armenia in Georgia reported.

The embassy diplomats have been at this construction site, and have examined these already-numbered tombstones.

Also, the diplomats have contacted the representatives of the construction company, and work is underway with the relevant Georgian authorities to determine the fate of these tombstones.

Artsakh President Awards Soldiers for Rebuffing Azeri Attacks

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Artsakh President Bako Sahakian on Thursday awarded Artsakh Army soldiers for bravery and service for their role in thwarting aggression by Azerbaijan, namely an effort to breach the line of contact on September 22 and the downing of an Israeli-made Azerbaijani drone two days later.

Sahakian was attending military drills that have been taking place in Artsakh since late last month and during a special ceremony he awarded servicemen Armen Babayan and Emil Nersisyan the medal of Service in Combat for their bravery and courage demonstrated in rebuffing an effort by Azebaijani troops to breach the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border during a reconnaissance mission on September 22.

Artsakh President Bako Sahakian meets combat tropps

During the same ceremony, Sahakian awarded servicemen Paruyr Amirkhanyan and Rafik Ordoyan for shooting down an Israeli-made Azerbaijani “Orbiter -2″ drone, which violated Artsakh’s airspace on September 25.

Artsakh Defense Minister and Army Commander Lieutenant-General Karen Abrahamyan briefed Sahakian about the military drills, as well as the current situation on the borders.

Calendar of Events – 10/3/2019

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                        GROONG's Calendar of events
                        (All times local to events)

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What:           Panel discussion "Armenia: Determined to Change"
                with Dr. Andranik Aslanyan, Foreign and Security Policy Advisor
                at the German Bundestag, CDU / CSU, Manfred Grund MdB (Member
                of the Bundestag); Dr. iur. Gurgen Petrossian, Chairman of the
                German-Armenian Lawyers Association and Research Associate at
                the Chair of Criminal and Criminal Trial Law, International
                Criminal Law and International Law at the
                Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg;
                Dr. Christoph Plo, MdB (Member of the Bundestag), CDU / CSU,
                Country Reporter Armenia of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
                in the European Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag;
                Moderator: Dr. Raffi Kantian, Chairman of the German-Armenian
                Society
When:           Oct 11 2019 7pm
Where:          Haus der Geschichte Baden-Wuerttemberg,
                Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse 16, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Misc:           Armenia's relations with German and European institutions have
                received another important impulse with the signing of CEPA,
                for the implementation of which the "Velvet Revolution" has
                created very good conditions. The panel discussion will use
                selected examples to explore the reform process in Armenia in
                cooperation with German and European institutions.
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President of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrives in Armenia

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President of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrives in Armenia

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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. President of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrived in Armenia. ARMENPRESS reports he was welcomed by Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan at the Zvartnots airport.

Photos by Hayk Manukyan

He will take part in the extended format session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Yerevan with the status of Head of State of an invited country on October 1.

The session will also be attended by the leaders of the remaining member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), including Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Tigran Sargsyan will also take part in the session.

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will attend the session as a Head of State of an invited country, and President of Moldova Igor Dodon will participate in the session with the status of head of an observer state.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan




Armenian church in Aleppo restored after suffering damage due to war

Aram Torosian
AMN Al-Masdar News
Sept 22 2019

 

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 P.M.) – An Armenian church has been restored in Aleppo city after suffering material damage due to the ongoing war inside of Syria.

The Armenian Apostolic Church of the Holy Mother of God under went construction recently to repair its bell tower and other parts of the building that were damaged as a result of artillery fire from the militant-held areas in Aleppo.

New photos of the construction project were released this week by Studio Venus; they show the recent work done to the church after the start of the project.

PM meets demonstrating families of fallen servicemen

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PM meets demonstrating families of fallen servicemen

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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the family members of killed servicemen who were protesting outside the government headquarters in Yerevan demanding compensations for their losses.

The PM told the demonstrators that one of the very first decisions of the government was that the military insurance fund must make payments for the incidents that have taken place since January 1, 2014. Previously payments were being made for incidents which took place only after January 1, 2017.

“7 months later another decision was made to make the payments for the incidents which have taken place after 2008. In one year alone we expanded the coverage for 9 years. I have announced several times that our objective is for this fund to go back until the 1990s. This requires workplaces to be registered, and citizens have responded to this,” the PM said, referring to cutting the black market in the job market and the 1000 dram monthly tax from each employed citizen which goes to the military insurance fund.

“This year we have more than 65000 newly registered workplaces. In my latest news conference I said that the 1000 dram fund’s payments are growing,” the PM said.

He then asked the families of the deceased servicemen to give the chance for them to solve these problems gradually.

“Now I feel embarrassed as prime minister that I am discussing this kind of a problem, because I find that this problem should’ve been solved long ago. I apologize to you all for your issue not being solved until now,” Pashinyan said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

Pashinyan’s spox comments on appointment of former police chief as chief advisor to PM

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Pashinyan’s spox comments on appointment of former police chief as chief advisor to PM

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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. Spokesperson of the Armenian prime minister Vladimir Karapetyan commented on the appointment of former police chief Valery Osipyan as chief advisor to the PM.

Asked what advises Mr. Osipyan is going to give to the PM, in case when the PM was dissatisfied from his work.

“Ask this question to Mr. Osipyan when you meet him as it concerns to him. If there are certain issues on one direction, one functions, it doesn’t mean that the member of the team or the official who is trusted by the leadership, cannot be useful in another direction and carry out a proper activity”, the PM’s spokesman said.

In response to the question are there any other officials, ministers over whom the PM has doubts and wants to dismiss, the spokesperson said: “If they continue to hold office, what doubt the talk is about? It means they have the PM’s trust”.  

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan