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Writing in “Hraparak,” Arkady Ter-Tadevosian, a retired Armenian army general, says that Russia’s security guarantees to Armenia formalized by their latest defense agreement do not extend ...OPPOSITION RALLY IN KEY YEREVAN SQUARE BANNED
Ruzanna Stepanian
Municipal authorities in Yerevan have banned the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) from rallying supporters in a key Yerevan square on September 17 and offered it to stage the demonstration ...IRAN HAILS ‘SERIOUS PROGRESS' IN ARMENIA TIES
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki spoke of "serious progress" in Iran's relations with Armenia and called for their further expansion in an interview published on Thursday.
“In its foreign ...ALIYEV SEEKS ‘MUSLIM SOLIDARITY' ON KARABAKH
The document, which the UN General Assembly is due to consider next week, upholds Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity in the unresolved dispute and the right of Azerbaijanis “expelled” ...SARKISIAN RULES OUT AZERI CONTROL OVER KARABAKH
Lusine Musayelian
President Serzh Sarkisian again ruled out any peace accord that would restore Azerbaijani control over Nagorno-Karabakh as he marked the 19th anniversary of the Armenian-populated region's de facto secession ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1829 The Russo-Turkish Peace Treaty was signed in Adrianople. Akhalkalak, Akhltskha, the eastern shore of the Black Sea, Anapa, and Poti are ceded to Russia.
- 1837 The Armenian Parish school begins its activities in Yerevan.
- 1905 Birth of Vardan Achemyan (actor). He died in 1977.
- 1915 The "Guichen" rescues the Armenian resistance fighters of the 40-day battle of Musa Dagh.
- 1958 The Bolshoi Theatre performs in Armenia.
- 1991 The District Councils of Artsakh (Mountainous Gharabagh) and Shahumian meet in Stepanakert and proclaim their statehood on the basis of their right to self-determination as given by the United Nations.
- 1991 Artsakhs local legislative councils jointly adopt the Declaration of the Republic of Nagorno Gharabagh which declares the independence of Artsakh (including the Shahumian district) from Azerbaijan. This was in conformity with the 1990 04 03 Soviet law titled Law of the USSR Concerning the Procedure of Secession of a Soviet Republic from the USSR which allowed for autonomous regions to become independent of those republics that would declare their independence from the USSR.
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