The Armenian military’s subdivision, which took part in the Victory and Peace Day Parade in Moscow, is featured in a unique photo set published by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Facebook.
“Happy Victory day,” wrote the Russian official in his status to which he attached pictures from the event.
The Armenian subdivision is seen as crossing Moscow’s central square led by Colonel Ashot Hakobyan.
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The two accomplices of the genocide Turkey & Germany deny Armenian Genocide
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The government of Germany has declared that it is against labeling the mass massacres of Armenians that Turkey continues to deny as genocide as the Armenian genocide and is not planning any commemoration for the anniversary.
According to Armenia, up to 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians were killed starting from 1915. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll during the mass deportation of Ottoman Armenians has been inflated and that those killed in 1915 and 1916 were victims of general unrest during the World War I.
Upon a parliamentary question from Die Linke, which is the main opposition party in Germany, the German Foreign Ministry clarified its position regarding the 1915 events with a written statement. According to the four-point response, the question whether the events constituted genocide should be answered by historians and the issue should be solved between Turkey and Armenia.
The statement also stressed that the United Nations’ 1948 convention, which defines genocide, does not apply retroactively.
“We are informed about the initiatives planned by Armenian communities for the 100th anniversary of the 1915/1916 events. The German government currently has no action plan for commemorations at the moment,” the statement added.
Ulla Jelpke, a member of the Bundestag from Die Linke, said the German government’s stance was “unacceptable.” After claiming that the German and Ottoman Turkish governments of the time were “accomplices,” Jelpke said the current government in Berlin was “evading responsibility.”
On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman government signed the Deportation Law, which stipulated the forced migration of Ottoman Armenians.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recently rebuffed an invitation by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to attend ceremonies marking the centenary of the Battle of Gallipoli in Çanakkale on April 24, 2015.
In a landmark statement on the Armenian issue delivered on April 23, 2014, Erdoğan highlighted the “shared pain” endured during the 1915 events, expressing condolences on behalf of the Turkish state to the grandchildren of Armenians who lost their lives “in the context of the early 20th century.”
Then-Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, on the other hand, labeled the deportation as “wrong” and “inhumane” in December 2013.
But Turkey still denies that the mass massacres account for a genocide, a position which is relayed by the media that is bound to respect the official history line to avoid any sanctions, regardless historic facts and the personal opinions of editors.
Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rafael Harpaz announced early this month that the Tel Aviv government would not recognize the events as genocide.
Pope Francis marks 100 years since start of World War I
The head of the Catholic Church has used a ceremony to mark the outbreak of World War I 100 years ago to warn about a kind of “third war” being fought today. Pope Francis 
also denounced those who profit from conflict.
Pope Francis on Saturday called for stronger collective action by the international community to prevent war and terrorism. Speaking at a cemetery in Redipuglia, near Italy’s border with Slovenia, the pope didn’t point to any single nation or leader, but warned that less visible forces created the conditions for military conflict.
“In today’s world, behind the scenes, there are interests, geopolitical strategies, lust for money and power, and there is the manufacture and sale of arms,” he told a crowd of thousands at the graveyard, where more than 100,000 Italian soldiers who died in World War I are buried.
“Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war: one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction,” the pontiff said.
“The shadow of Cain hangs over us today in this cemetery. It is seen here. It is seen from 1914 right up to our own time. It is seen even in the present,” he added.
The trip to the cemetery was thought to be infused with personal meaning for the pope, whose grandfather fought for Italy in nearby battlefields in the last two years of World War I.
An estimated 200,000 Roman Catholics, mainly from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia attended Saturday’s ceremony, according to Vatican Radio.
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Armenia president takes part in World War I commemoration events in Belgium
YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has arrived on a working visit to Belgium.
During the visit, the Armenian leader took part in the remembrance events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of World War I, president’s press service reported.