Armenian-American reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has welcomed the US House of Representatives’ recognition of the Armenian Genocide, calling the voting results “incredible”.
Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden saluted the House of Representatives’ adoption of a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
The US House of Representatives adopted the Armenian Genocide recognition resolution based on today’s voting results. There will be no changes in the resolution any more.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan believes that Russia has many levers to contribute to the safety of Armenians in Syria.
Armenia doesn’t perceive the situation in a way that we must make a choice between Europe and Russia,” Pashinyan told the Russian Kommersant newspaper in an interview.
House Rules Committee has cleared the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res. 296) for vote of the full House of Representatives, ANCA reported.
I’ve made a choice of my own, I’ve made a choice to move from diplomatic career to politics. That’s the major change. I took out the responsibility to share with the government, in which I am, and this is a major change. The government has received a huge mandate from the people, from the public, as a result of the Revolution we have reached.
“Next week, the House of Representatives will take a historic vote to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. America must speak up in opposition to crimes against humanity, especially as Turkey threatens a new ethnic cleansing campaign in Northern Syria”, he said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sacked Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov and Deputy Prime Minister Hajibala Abutalibov, RIA Novosti reported citing the Azerbaijani presidency.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent a letter of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the dam collapse in an artisanal gold mine in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Region in Siberia.
