The end result of the statements by the heads of Turkey and Azerbaijan about their readiness to implement the adjusted military plans for a joint war has made it imperative for the authorities of the Republic of Armenia to speak about the threat of recurrence of the Genocide hanging over the Armenian people. The relevance of the “Never Again” principle for the Armenian people is due to the genocidal attacks on the Armenian population of Azerbaijan during the Perestroika in the USSR, which were in response to peaceful political rallies of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians for the right to self-determination and secession from the Azerbaijani SSR in accordance with the USSR legislation and international law. We are talking about the pogroms in Sumgait and Kirovabad in 1988 and in Baku in 1990, as well as war crimes committed against the civilian population of Armenia during the April war of 2016.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an amendment by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) which calls for greater Congressional oversight over a U.S. military aid program under which Azerbaijan has received over $120 million in U.S. defense assistance, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Armenian defense minister Davit Tonoyan got in touch with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
The entrance of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Paris, France, has been colored with the notes “No to War”, “Stop Aliyev”, Zartonk Media reports.
US Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone and Senator Edward J. Markey expressed their support for Armenia and the Armenian people, condemning the recent provocative actions taken by Azerbaijan along the Armenia border.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, commented on the fighting along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, presenting the concern of the UN Secretary-General over the incident.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany referred to the vandalism on the Armenian Genocide Memorial during her daily press briefing on July 6, Armenpress reports citing the White House.
The saying “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” gained new flesh and blood in late July 2016 in Armenia, when a group of terrorist assassins seized the Police Patrol Service Regiment building, killed police officers, held hostages, including doctors who came to provide medical assistance, robbed an ATM, and suddenly decided to recite patriotic-anti-Russian texts when surrendering to the authorities.
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.
French-Armenian Jeanne Barseghian, representing France’s Green party, has been elected Mayor of Strasbourg.
