WASHINGTON–DC–Responding to the Turkish government’s increasingly aggressive campaign to deny justice for the Armenian genocide–the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) this week circulated a letter warning all the leading Armenian American organizations about the "quiet–but profoundly dangerous–campaign by Turkey aimed at the very heart of our community’s struggle to secure full recognition–proper commemoration–and a [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–Mountainous Karabagh Republic (MKR) president Ghukassian said on Thursday that while Azerbaijan seeks negotiations exclusively with Armenia (in resolving it conflict with MKR)–it at the same time makes every effort to convince the international committee that Armenia is an expansionist nation–and deman’s appropriate repercussions.
"We are trying to regulate the fundamental problem–and the Azeri side [...]

TBILISI (RIA Novosti)–The political status of Abkhazia was determined once and for all–Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said at a press conference in Sukhumi on Wednesday.
According to him–at the referendum of 1999–Abkhaz people voted for the country’s independence.
Sergei Bagapsh denied the information that the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (self-proclaimed republics in Georgia) were ready [...]

–ANCA Welcomes Move to Broaden US-Armenia Commercial Opportunities
WASHINGTON–DC–In a move welcomed by Armenian Americans and the growing number of US firms doing business with Armenia–the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced last week the expansion of its loan guarantee–export credit insurance–and direct loan programs in Armenia.
"We welcome this contribution by EXIM to [...]

ISTANBUL (AFP)–The United States will help ease tensions with Turkey if it sticks to its stance of not recognizing the "killings of Armenia’s under the Ottoman Empire as genocide," Anatolia news agency quoted a senior Turkish official as saying.
Turkey expects Washington "to maintain the sound position on the issue it has displayed in the past [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Addressing parliamentary hearings on resolving the Mountainous Karabagh conflict–Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian said he has no doubts that the long-standing dispute can be solved only through peaceful means–based on mutual compromises.
He cautioned–however–that if Azerbaijan resumes hostilities in an effort to take Mountainous Karabagh back–it would "sustain a heavy defeat."
"The price we might pay [...]

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–Gen. Charles F. Wald–US European Command Deputy (USEUCOM) Commander–arrived in Armenia on March 30 to discuss developing US-Armenia military ties.
During his meeting with President Robert Kocharian–General Wald discussed US-Armenia military technical cooperation–as well as developmen’s in the Karabagh conflict regulation.
Gen. Wald noted the importance for both for the US and Europe to ensure [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–The Armenian government has submitted new–more modest proposals for additional US economic assistance under the Millennium Challenge Account program–almost six months after presenting its initial application.
The Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday that the government has asked for about $175 million worth of aid and hopes that its upcoming negotiations with the Millennium Challenge Corporation [...]

(AFP)–Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Tuesday urged Turkey to carry out a detailed study on the Armenia’s genocide–under Ottoman rule during World War I.
"We think that it is essential that every country conduct an in-depth historical research of its own past–especially when the question is so painful," Calmy-Rey told reporters after talks with her [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–The delegation of 12 Arab tribal leaders from Syria–met with the leadership of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Armenia on Wednesday–at the ARF Simon Vratsian Center in Yerevan.
The tribal leaders–who are participating in events marking the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide–conveyed that their century-long friendship with Armenian is a firm and lasting one.
Representatives of [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian on Tuesday made a statement at the Armenian National Assembly’s Foreign Relations Committee hearings on resolving the Mountainous Karabagh conflict. Below is an excerpt of his statement:
"I welcome this opportunity to discuss aloud and together the history–development–present situation–and future prospects for the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh issue. I [...]

BUCHAREST (Combined Sources)–Three Romanian journalists kidnapped in Baghdad–among them Romanian Armenian Ovidiu Ohanesian–managed to send desperate text messages to relatives and colleagues just before disappearing on Monday–as they became the latest foreigners to be abducted in Iraq.
"We’re kidnapped. This is not a joke. Help!!!!," one of the three–Prima TV reporter Marie Jeanne Ion–managed to message [...]

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–A delegation of 12 Arab tribal leaders–accompanied by National Assembly’s Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) faction and the ARF Armenia Supreme Body members–visited the Dzidzernagapert Memorial on Tuesday to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide.
Praying for the victims’ souls–the delegation members stressed that the reality of the Genocide cannot be denied–noting [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said on Tuesday that Azerbaijan may be preparing for another war in Mountainous Karabagh–and revealed that Azeri troops have moved closer to Armenian positions along the heavily militarized frontline in recent weeks. He said the Armenian government has already alerted international mediators about what it sees as a possibility of [...]