ArmInfo. President of Urugua Luis Lacalle Pou rejected Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's racist gesture against a group of demonstrators from the Armenian  community after the opening of the embassy in Montevideo this  Saturday and noted that it should be "strongly criticized."

ArmInfo.The traditional torchlight march in memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 started from the  Republic Square in Yerevan. Thousands of participants in the march,  which this year is held under the slogan "Zartnir, lao!" (Wake up, my  son>) with torches and flags, went to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial  complex.

ArmInfo.White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki urged to wait for April 24 on the issue of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo.A telephone conversation took place between the Minister of National Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar and the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir  Hasanov.

ArmInfo.Mercury Public Affairs has terminated its registration as a foreign agent of the Republic of Turkey in response to calls from the Armenian community to cut the company's ties with the Turkish regime amid its support for Azerbaijan's genocidal war against Artsakh. "As a result of the persistent activity of our community and the steadfast support of our friends, I was informed by Fabian Nunez, partner of the Mercury office in Los Angeles, that Mercury Public Affairs is no longer registering as a foreign agent of Turkey," said Chair of the Board of Directors of the Western Region of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA-WR) Nora Hovsepyan. "We welcome Mercury's decision to take the right side of history and end its ties to the Turkish government and its genocidal policies, and we hope that this decision will serve as an example for every organization that works for authoritarian regimes such as Turkey and Azerbaijan." Last week, Mercury sent a series of letters demanding termination of its contract with the Turkish government, including from all fifteen Los Angeles City Councilors, Los Angeles County Governors  Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis, California State Senator Anthony Portantino, Glendale City Councilor Ardi Kassakhian and sixteen California State Legislators. In addition, Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has initiated the termination of its contract with Mercury in solidarity with the Armenian community.  Mercury Public Affairs, a public policy firm, represents numerous high-profile clients in business, politics and civil society including Microsoft, American Airlines, Starbucks, Comcast, Charter Cable, SoCalGas and Grubhub and others. For many years, Mercury has provided strategic, political and public relations services to the Republic of Turkey and has been complicit in the whitewashing of countless human rights violations committed by Erdogan's genocidal regime. In February 2020, Mercury signed a $ 1 million contract with the Turkish Embassy in Washington. Mercury has a long history of cooperation not only with the Turkish government, but also with its many confidants. Mercury provided services to the  American Turkish Business Council (TAIK), which is chaired by a close associate of Turkish President Erdogan, Mehmet Yalsindag. Last year, under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury contacted more than 150 congressional offices on behalf of TAIK to arrange meetings for Turkish Economy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also President Erdogan's son-in-law.

ArmInfo.Representatives of the Armenian diaspora these days are holding protest actions in various countries of the world against the aggression of Azerbaijan  and Turkey against Artsakh.

ArmInfo. On July 30 in Vienna, at  the initiative of the Armenian delegation, the issue of Azerbaijan's  encouragement of hate crimes was included in the agenda of the OSCE  Permanent Council meeting. The RA MFA reports.

ArmInfo. The Turkish Embassy in  Washington has reacted to the use of the term "Armenian Genocide" by  White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany.

ArmInfo.Employees of the Turkish embassies tried to thwart the Armenian Genocide victims 'campaigns held in front of the Turkish diplomatic missions in Washington and  Tbilisi.