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U.S., RUSSIA, FRANCE URGE NEW PUSH FOR KARABAKH PEACE
The presidents of the United States, France and Russia on Tuesday promised more joint efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to iron out their differences on ...OPPOSITION TO VOTE AGAINST NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
Astghik Bedevian
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and the country's three leading opposition forces made clear on Tuesday that their lawmakers will vote against the new Armenian government's program submitted to parliament.
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Today in Armenian history- 1861 Birth of the Norwegian Friedhof Nansen (public figure). He died in 1930 after helping countless Armenian refugees, who had survived the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turks. He created the "Nansen Passport" for these stateless refugees.
- 1911 Death of Petros Simonian, national figure, publicist in Tbilisi and editor of the "Meghoo Hayastanee" periodical.
- 1918 The first Armenian delegation arrived in Constantinople to start reconciliation talks with Turkey.
- 1935 Opening of the State Historical Museum of Armenia in Yerevan.
- 1954 Death of Smbat Boroyan, participant in the 1921 February rebellion and the volunteer movement of the Sassoon rebellion of 1904. He was born in 1882.
- 2001 Death of Sargis Baghdasarian, sculptor, artist and teacher. His "We are our mountains" - "Gharabaghthsiner" sculpture (1967) became a symbol of the national movement of Artsakh. He was born in 1923.
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