By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 28 – Famous Armenian chansonnier, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Switzerland Charles Aznavour addressed a letter of thanks to French President Nicolas Sarkozy after National Assembly’s adoption of a bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial. “You repeatedly urged Genocide condemnation, reminding that the freedom of speech exludes distortion of [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, December 13 — The president of Nagorno Karabakh Bako Sahakyan yesterday met the Speaker of Armenian National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan. Bako Sahakyan congratulated Nikoyan on being elected as the Speaker of the RA National Assembly and wished him a productive work. Issues concerning cooperation were discussed at the meeting. The parties [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 18 — Armenian President Serge Sarkisian and his Russian counterpart will hold negotiations in Moscow on October 24. President Sarkisian will arrive in Moscow on a state visit on October 23. Armenian President will stay in Moscow till October 26. “Armenian-Russian negotiations expected to take place on October 24 will [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, September 22 — On September 21, the Republic of Armenia celebrated Independence Day. President Serge Sarkisian as well as the Armenian republic’s leadership along with thousands of citizens visited the military pantheon Yerablur and laid flowers and wreaths at the memorials of Artsakh’s heroes. The official event devoted to the celebration of [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, September 09 — On September 8, the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (United States), Bernard Fassier (France) and Igor Popov (Russia) had a meeting with the President of Nagorno Karabakh Bako Sahakyan and the Foreign Minister Georgi Petrosyan. The Co-Chairs arrived in Stepanakert from Baku. After the meeting, the French Co-Chair [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan STEPANAKERT, August 30–The President of Armenia Serge Sarkisian paid a visit to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) during the weekend. In Stepanakert, Sarkisian met Nagorno Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan, Chairman of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly Ashot Gulyan, and other officials. The details regarding the nature of the visit were not immediately known, but it [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan STEPANAKERT, August 30– Azerbaijan is once again committing a grave error by introducing the UN General Assembly resolution on Artsakh (Karabakh), said the President of Armenia, Serge Sarkisian during his visit to Artsakh on Sunday. According to Azerbaijani media, Baku will initiate the vote on a draft resolution entitled “Respect for international [...]