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Headlines for December 01, 2008
BABACAN: ALL COUNTRIES OF THE REGION SHOULD SIT AT BARGAINING TABLE
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met Monday with his visiting Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan to discuss regional developments and the ways to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “I ...DENNIS SAMMUT: NEGOTIATED SOLUTION FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT OFFERS GOOD PROSPECT FOR THE REGION
“The Moscow declaration and think that it forms a good basis on which future action for the resolution of the conflict can be based,” said the Chair of the Executive Steering Committee of the Consortium ...PROBLEM OF "ENEMY IMAGE" EXISTS IN BOTH AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA
The problem of "enemy image" in Azerbaijan, but to be frank, also in Armenia, is a series one but it is not insurmountable, a British expert said. “A lot of work needs to be done and should be done ...TURKEY WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT AZERBAIJAN IN KARABAKH ISSUE
Turkey endorses the format of the OSCE Minsk Group for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the Turkish Foreign Minister said. “The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a very complicated problem which ...DENNIS SAMMUT: OSCE MG WILL TREAT OUR SUGGESTIONS SERIOUSLY
The Consortium Initiative has held extensive consultations with the three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as with the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Mr. Dennis Sammut, the Chair of ...DENNIS SAMMUT ON KARABAKH CONFLICT: THOSE WHO SAY THAT TIME IS ‘ON OUR SIDE’ ARE FOOLS
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict has been too long already, and this is not good for anybody, according to a British expert. “Those who say that time is on our side are fools. Every day that passes is a ...ARMENIAN CHURCH COMPLEX TO BE RECONSTRUCTED IN CYPRUS
The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus has announced that the team of experts of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ACT will present to the Armenian community of Cyprus the final design for the restoration ...MARAT SHIBUTOV: CSTO TO BECOME A SMALL ANALOG OF UN AND NATO
The changes occurring within the Collective Security Treaty Organization mean that the CSTO will replace international forces throughout the CIS, a Kazakh expert said. “The CSTO will become a small ...TURKEY PLANS YEREVAN-ISTANBUL DIRECT FLIGHTS?
Turkey plans to schedule direct flights from Istanbul to Armenia's capital Yerevan in order to boost the recent process of renewed relations between the two countries. The progress of this plan is directly ...NATO: GEORGIA, UKRAINE NOT READY TO JOIN THE ALLIANCE
NATO is expected to encourage Georgia and Ukraine to pursue reforms needed to eventually join the alliance but stop short of offering formal roadmaps at a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers on Tuesday. ...IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE FINAL SECTOR PUT INTO OPERATION
Gazprom delegation led by CEO Alexey Miller attended Monday a solemn ceremony dedicated to the accomplishment of works at the Kajaran-Ararat sector of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline. “Our cooperation ...RA PRESIDENT DECORATES GAZPROM CEO WITH ORDER OF HONOR
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met Monday with Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller to discuss a wide scope of issues in the energy field, the RA leader’s press office reported. The two described ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1824 The Nerssissian school opens in Tbilissi (Georgia) and continues to operate till 1924.
- 1827 Creation of an Armenian printing-house in Shooshee (Artsakh).
- 1827 Sultan Mahmud the Second expels about 12000 Armenian Catholics from Constantinople. Some 4000 die of exposure along the way and the remainder are banished to provinces of Asia Minor, which they reach in February 1828.
- 1876 The Turkish government orders the burning of the market of Van and destroys Armenian properties.
- 1894 Publication of the "Struggle" newspaper (Association of Armenian Worker-Revolutionaries).
- 1899 Death of Tigran Yerkat, publicist and public figure.
- 1903 Death of Manvel Qadjooni, historian, geographer, and philologist. He was born in 1823.
- 1903 Death of Manuel Katjooni (historian) in Constantinople. He was born in 1823.
- 1914 Battle of Sarighamish. Destruction of the Turkish Army, that was led by Enver Pasha.
- 1915 United States President Theodore Roosevelt states: The crowning outrage has been committed by the Turks on the Armenians. They have suffered atrocities so hideous that it is difficult to name them, such atrocities such as those inflicted upon conquered nations by the followers of Attila and Genghis Khan. It is dreadful that these things can be done and that this nation nevertheless remains neutral.
- 1917 The People's Commissariat of Nationalities of Soviet Russia creates the Commissariat of Armenian Affairs in Moscow. Varlam Avanesov is appointed commissar and Vahan Teryan (poet) is the deputy.
- 1920 The Revolutionary Council of Azerbaijan recognizes Gharabagh, Zangezur, and Nakhichevan to be parts of Armenia.
- 1921 Elections of the first Peasant District and Provincial Unions in Armenia.
- 1923 The Komitas State Conservatory of Music opens in Yerevan.
- 1929 Yerevan's Kanaker radio station starts its broadcasts.
- 1941 Colonel Simon Zakyan heads the new Armenian 89th Rifle Division.
- 1989 The reunification of Artsakh and Armenia is accepted during a joint session of the Parliaments of Armenia and Artsakh. This was followed by the adoption, by Artsakhs legislative body, of a motion to secede from Azerbaijan. The Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan rejected the decision as illegal and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR declare? it null and void.
- 1989 The Supreme Council of Mountainous Gharabagh (Artsakh) decides to rejoin Armenia in a joint session with the Armenian supreme Council.
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