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Garo Paylan has submitted a law draft for the recognition of Armenian Genocide, to National Assembly of Turkey

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Law Draft Submitted for Recognition of Armenian Genocide

Law Draft Submitted for Recognition of Armenian Genocide

HDP MP Garo Paylan has submitted a law draft for the recognition of Armenian Genocide, the removal of genocide perpetrators’ names from public places and an amendment to the Turkish Citizenship Law.

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul MP Garo Paylan has submitted a law draft to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the “Recognition of Armenian Genocide”, “Removal of the Names of Genocide Perpetrators from Public Places” and “Amendment to Turkish Citizenship Law.”

In the general preamble of the law draft, it has been stated, “According to a census conducted in 1914, approximately two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. At the night of April 24, 1915, around 250 Armenian intellectuals, including MPs and writers were arrested in İstanbul.”

In the preamble, it has also been indicated, “After these people were sent into exile in Ayaş and Çankırı, the vast majority of them were killed. Among the ones sent into exile and killed were Dr. Nazaret Dağavaryan (MP of Ottoman Empire), Armen Doryan (poet and journalist), Şavarş Krisyan (editor of the sports magazine Marmnamarz), Levon Larents (poet), Rupen Sevag (poet), Yenovk Şahen (theater artist), Siamanto [Atom Yarcanyan] (poet), Hagop Terziyan (pharmacist and writer), Taniel Varujan (poet), Krikor Yesayan (teacher and translator), Rupen Zartaryan (writer and poet), Diran Kelekyan (writer and Professor of Turkish language) and Krikor Zohrab (MP of Ottoman Empire and writer). (PT/SD)

Sputnik Report: Full Text of the New Syrian Draft Constitution, Damascus rejects

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The new Syrian constitution, drafted by Russia and presented to opposition leaders, has been obtained by Sputnik. Below is the full text.

Damascus rejects Russia’s proposal on Kurdish autonomy in Syria

Syrian Constitution, Page 3 

Read more:  https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701311050216226-syrian-constitution-full-text/

Armenia: Yerevan Sends Draft Bill To Parliament On Recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh

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Armenia’s government has approved a bill drafted by opposition lawmakers that calls for Yerevan to recognize the independence of Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The draft bill was sent to lawmakers on May 5 for debate.

In the past, the Armenian government has blocked previous proposals. But analysts say the government gave the green light this time mainly as a warning to Azerbaijan following a recent flare-up in fighting.

Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian said the legislation would only be brought to a vote if Azerbaijan launched new attacks.

A parliamentary session to discuss the issue was called for May 10.

Azerbaijan condemned the Armenian initiative, which it said was aimed at scuttling international peace talks.

The Kremlin said on May 5 that it was monitoring the situation closely.

“We as before are counting on both sides of the conflict to avoid any steps that could destroy the rather fragile cease-fire and lead to an escalation of tensions in Karabakh,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Baku and Yerevan have been locked in a standoff over the breakaway region for more than two decades.

On April 2, Nagorno-Karabakh saw its worst violence since a shaky cease-fire was reached in 1994 between Azerbaijan and the Armenian-backed separatists.

About 75 soldiers from both sides were killed in April, along with several civilians.

A fresh Russian-brokered cease-fire deal went into effect on April 5 but has increasingly been violated since late April.

And there are fears of a possible escalation, with Turkey strongly backing Azerbaijan and Russia obliged to protect Armenia by a mutual security pact.

Armenia-backed separatists declared the region’s independence and seized the mainly ethnic-Armenian-populated region during a war in the late 1980s and early ’90s that killed about 30,000 people.

But Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence has never been recognized by any country.

Peace talks under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have dragged on for two decades without producing any tangible results.

With reporting by AP, TASS, and Interfax

Italy’s Mantua discussing draft resolution on Armenian Genocide

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77788The city council of Italy’s Mantua is discussing a draft resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide that have been submitted by SEL member Fausto Banzi, Gazzetta di Mantova reported.

“The city council of Mantua formally recognizes the genocide of the Armenian nation and expresses solidarity on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the ‘great evil’,” the draft resolution says.

Fausto Banzi said he had accepted the call by the council of the Armenian community in Rome to pass legal acts in solidarity with the memory of the tragedy that occurred back in 1915.