President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Armenia to attend the Centennial Commemoration of the Events of 1915 on April 24, 2015.

The Armenian community of Toronto, Canada, held a commemoration event for the victims of the Armenian genocide in 1915. The centennial commemoration gathering on April 19, 2015, organized at Queen’s Park in Toronto, was attended by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Minister of National Defense of Canada Jason Kenney, Mayor of Toronto John Tory, Cardinal Thomas Collins, parliamentarians, federal and provincial officials.

The condition of the refugees was very distressing to Orvis. “We helped ‘home orphans’, too, who were children that had lost their fathers in the massacres; many of them were with their mothers but destitute. Old people were even more pitiful than the children because they were so cold and miserable and sick and lonely and neglected.

The recent “thawing” between Iran and the West rises hope in world’s challenged capitals, that Tehran’s nuclear problem will be resolved at last, and in the near future it can become a safe partner for the USA and the EU in the Middle East.

Your Highness and Prince Harry are visiting Istanbul to take part in the Anzac Day Commemoration, which has always been remembered on April 25. I do believe that it is Your duty to remember the British subjects. However, it must be acknowledged that is also Your duty to remember the Armenians, who became victims of the policy of the British Empire.

While Armenians criticize Turkey for genocide denial and other massive violations of human rights, it is just as important to blame all non-Turks who conduct business as usual with Turkey, thereby encouraging Turkish officials to continue their outrageous behavior.

Ardshinbank and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) signed a US$10 million loan agreement on March 31, 2015 in Vienna. The agreement was signed by Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, the Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development and Mr. Mher Grigoryan, the Chairman of the Management Board of Ardshinbank.

I reported last month that the Americana shopping center in Glendale had banned three Armenian vendors from selling genocide-related T-shirts from their rented carts.

Mr Jan van Bilsen is IFC’s newly appointed Regional Manager for the South Caucasus.

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan has invited several world leaders to Yerevan on April 24 to commemorate the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.