Armenia

Historian Maxime Gauin, who was engaged in a lawsuit with Armenian spokesmen due to his arguments concerning the events of 1915, has said Armenian circles have been exerting pressure on intellectuals in France regarding this issue.

Three Memorandums of Understanding signed Executive Director of BSMEPA Dr. Boyko Takov on Wednesday with Armenian partner organizations. The ceremony was held in Yerevan, Armenia, where Mr. Takov participated in the final part of the VIII-th session of Bulgarian-Armenian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Scientific and Technological Cooperation.

Turkey on Feb. 26 strongly condemned the Khojaly massacre killing hundreds of Azerbaijanis on its 27th anniversary and ongoing occupation of the Azerbaijani territories by Armenia.

Minister of transport, communication and information technologies Hakob Arshakyan on February 11 received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Armenia Maria Pavlova Tzotzorkova-Kaymaktchieva, Armenian news agency reported.

Turkey on Feb. 6 strongly condemned French President Emmanuel Macron's declaration of April 24 as a national day to mark the 1915 mass killing of Armenians.

Armenia is ready to establish relations with Turkey without any precondition, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan whose bloc won snap parliamentary elections on Dec. 9 has said.

Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, bolstered his authority as his political bloc won early parliamentary elections in the former Soviet country on Dec. 9, the Central Election Commission's (CEC) results showed.

Turkey's vice president on Oct. 1 slammed countries that recognize the killing of Armenians in 1915.

A 16-year-old Turkish boy who was recently released by Armenian forces after being captured on July 24 has arrived in Turkey.