Before 1915 Armenians were living on these lands – in Isparta, Mersin, Adana, Trabzon, Tigranakert, Bursa, and one in every five in this country was Armenian, but now we even can’t fill a stadium if gather. Of course, we didn’t evaporate.
Armenia’s Minister of Emergency Situations Felix Tsolakyan spoke over the phone with the Deputy Chief of Mission of Iran to Armenia Ali Mohammad Motaghi after a powerful earthquake hit Iran.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian departed for Tavush province on a working visit.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez in his remarks criticized Turkey’s attacks on Kurds in Syria and its impermissible behavior in the region in general, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.
On November 8, at 02:47 local time, the Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network of the Armenian ministry of emergency situations detected an earthquake at the northern latitude 37.820 and eastern longitude 48.340 geographic coordinates (Iran, 45km south from the city of Ardabil) with 5.9 magnitude and 10km depth.