ArmInfo. Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan gave harsh answer to Chairman of the Standing Parliamentary Commttee on Defense and Security, MP from the ruling Civil Contract party Andranik Kocharyan, who today stated that it is necessary to clarify and record the names of all victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. "In the end, you need to have a list of all the victims. What if there are more or less than 1.5 million, as is commonly believed," Kocharyan explained, assuring that this initiative is also important for building relations with Turkey.
ArmInfo. At the invitation of the National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia Vahagn Hovakimyan and Head of the External Relations Department of the CEC Hermine Harutyunyan took part in the International Election Observation Program (IEOP) for the elections to the National Assembly of Korea on April 4- 12 in Seoul. 58 representatives of election authorities from 27 countries took part in the international Program.
ArmInfo. In April, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives again visited all the Armenian detainees notified by the Azerbaijani authorities. This is stated in the message of the Baku representative office of the ICRC.
ArmInfo. Iran responded to Israel asymmetrically, thereby raising the bar for escalation in the Middle East. This is how APRI Armenia researcher and orientalist Sergei Melkonyan commented on Iran's attack on Israel on the night of April 13.
ArmInfo. Since the middle of January, the Fresno Ararat Armenian Cemetery has been targeted by an arsonist, kmph.com report.
ArmInfo.The United Kingdom has started talks with four countries that could receive illegal migrants expelled from the country, The Times newspaper reported, citing documents of the British Foreign Office.
ArmInfo. Escalating tensions in the Middle East are a cause for grave concern, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said after Iran delivered what it described as a retaliatory strike against Israel over the weekend.
ArmInfo.Supreme Leader's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati criticized the Armenia-EU-US trilateral meeting in Brussels on April 5.