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Aug
21
Russia Pledges to Recognize Abkhazia
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MOSCOW, ABKHAZIA (Combined Sources)–Georgia’s region of Abkhazia Wednesday declared that it would ask Russia to recognize its independence in a move that threatens to trigger a new crisis in the Caucasus.
The Abkhaz parliament said that it would send a formal request for recognition to President Dmitri Medvedev in Moscow Thursday.
“The people of Abkhazia intend to ask the Russian leadership to recognise Abkhazia,” said the Deputy Speaker of Abkhazia’s Parliament, Vyacheslav Tsugba.
The Speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, said that legislators were ready to support the request and to extend recognition to South Ossetia too. Read more
Jul
21
Armenia, Turkey ‘In Secret Talks’
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Armenia and Turkey have held confidential negotiations to discuss a new opening for the normalization of their strained relations, a leading Turkish newspaper reported on Friday.
A senior US official, meanwhile, expressed hope that Turkish President Abdullah Gul will accept his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian’s invitation to arrive in Yerevan on September 6 for a World Cup qualifier match between the two countries’ national football teams. Read more
Jun
13
STOCKHOLM (Combined Sources)–Sweden’s parliament on Thursday voted down a resolution that would have put the country on record as recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
The vote of 245 to 37 (with 1 abstention) followed debates held in parliament on Wednesday regarding a Foreign Affairs Commission Report on Human Rights. During the discussions, five motions were forwarded calling on the Swedish Government and legislature to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. Read more
Jun
10
ANTELIAS, Lebanon–Thousands of faithful flocked Saturday to the Monastery at the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, where His Holiness Catholicos Aram I officiated the ceremony of blessing of Holy Water, which takes place every seven years.
On a stage at the entrance of the monastery, Catholicos Aram I began the Holy Water blessing ceremony, which was attended by representatives from all Prelacies, as well as representatives from the Holy See of Etchmiadzin and the patriarchates of Istanbul and Jerusalem. Read more
Jun
9
Sarkisian, Aliev Hold Talks
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SAINT PETERSBURG (Combined Sources)–The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan held what officials described as “constructive” talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the Russian city of Saint-Petersburg on Friday.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and his recently elected Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, met for the first time on the sidelines of a summit of former Soviet states. International mediators hoped that they would kick-start the Karabakh peace process, which has been stalled since last year. Read more
Jun
6
WASHINGTON–Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) became the latest House member to join the army of Washington, DC public relations firms working to cover up Turkey’s crimes, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Dickstein Shapiro, LLP announced that the former Speaker joined their team in a press release last week. The firm, which represents a broad range of entities including General Motors, Kraft Foods and Pfizer, also represents the Government of Turkey “in connection with the development and financing by private sponsors of the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline and TransCaspian gas pipeline spanning from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean.” Read more
Jun
5
WASHINGTON–The Armenian National Committee of America applauded Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s hard-fought victory in securing a majority of the delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
“As we stated back in January, during the heat of this hotly contested and highly competitive primary season, Senator Obama clearly represents the candidate best positioned to bring about fundamental change in how the United States addresses Armenian American issues,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “We welcome this powerful milestone in his campaign for the Presidency and join with Armenian Americans from across the country in congratulating him for this great and historic success. At the same time, we want to share our respect for Senator Clinton, our profound admiration for the tremendous race she ran, and our appreciation for her strong and steady support for issues of special concern to our community.” Read more
