From June 13 to July 2, 2016, the entire Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA) in Yerevan will be subsumed with ethnographic photography and documentation touching upon the little known world of diaspora Armenians during their ‘great’ repatriation to Soviet Armenia after World War II to the early 1970s in an exhibition entitled, Stream of Light. Equally, viewers of the ACCEA will have an opportunity to learn about one of the oldest settlements of Armenians in the diaspora.
In what has become an almost annual exercise, Turkey has thrown a fit because someone has spoken the truth about its dark past. This time, it has pulled its ambassador from Berlin and threatened dire consequences over a resolution, passed overwhelmingly by the German Parliament on Thursday, declaring that the century-old massacre of Ottoman Armenians was a genocide.
“The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Co-Chairs delivered to the Ministers for the consideration of the sides draft documents on expanding the existing office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and establishing an OSCE investigative mechanism.”
The Catholicos welcomed the historically significant step of Germany, and called it “Eloquent evidence of Germany’s commitment to human rights, as well as a message to the world, which reminds the past should be approached with responsibility.”
Russia and the West are approaching to geo-political and regional conflict culmination period, which tends to more sharpen the situation by rising threats for military accidents of yet local confrontation, which, probably, will more deepen the crisis between these two poles. In this complicated reality the USA and Russia formally are partners within Minsk Group, and if it’s maintained, it’ll become one of Russia-USA confrontation platforms.
Vladimir Putin, RF president, signed the law on ratification of protocol on amendments to Russia-Armenia cooperation agreement on natural gas, oil products and rough diamonds. The document was adopted by the State Duma on May 20, 2016. The Federation Council approved it on May 25.
“We should take into consideration that 4 million Turks live in Germany and last Friday they protested before Bundestag, calling not to approve the resolution. This is a rather considerable presence, however, the resolution was approved indirectly,” Kocharyan said.
The joy was shared by Kurds, who also gathered and proclaimed: “Long Live the brotherhood of peoples” in Turkish.
Turkey has recalled its ambassador in Berlin after German MPs approved a motion describing the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a century ago as genocide – a decision that Turkey’s prime minister said would “test” relations between the two countries at a sensitive time.
“The European Union has always taken pride in its role as a civilian and normative power apart from the military capabilities of its member states. Hence, as an organization, it has an overarching commitment to the peaceful resolution of conflicts.”
