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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denounced a U.S. congressional committee over the weekend for scheduling a vote on the Armenian Genocide resolution, saying that its passage would seriously harm Turkey’s relations with both the United States and Armenia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Monday.

The US and Switzerland have refrained from giving assurances to Turkey that limitations will not be placed on the “mission and methodology” of a historic commission to probe the veracity of the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish Hurriyet Daily reported Monday.

Armenia and Azerbaijan are narrowing their differences over a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sought by international mediators, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said over the weekend, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Monday.

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman (D-CA), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, for Thursday, March 4, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

Armenia relies on a diverse mix of energy resources, and renewables present a range of challenges, strategic advantages, and market opportunities. In 2009 alone, the World Bank announced an investment of $1.5 million to assess sites with geothermal potential and Armenbrok OJSC announced an initial public offering to raise $9 million to construct three hydropower plants in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective June 6 through September 20, 2010, at MOCA Grand Avenue. This major traveling retrospective celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Arshile Gorky, a seminal figure in the movement toward abstraction that transformed American art in the middle of the 20th century.

In the dark of the night they gathered, masked like common thieves and bank robbers. A bunch of crooks, corrupt and dishonest politicians, using their illegitimate authority gained by rigged election, sold the Armenian Nation down the pike. They signed the ill fated Protocol of surrender with Turkey, which paved the way for concessions to Azerbaijan over Karabakh, and bolstered Turkish strategy of denying the Genocide.

US Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey Friday reiterated his administration’s position that Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruling on the Armenia-Turkey Protocols gave a green light to normalization efforts between Yerevan and Ankara.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg reportedly assured president Serzh Sarkisian on Thursday that the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations is “very important” for the United States.

Armrosgazprom (Arg), Armenia’s Russiand-dominated national gas distribution company, has become the country’s number one corporate taxpayer despite reporting a sizable drop in its profits last year.

Armenian and Jewish community leaders here launched an online petition urging people to sign a letter to President Obama and the Congress that calls for the immediate passage of H. Res. 252, the Armenian Genocide Resolution pending in Congress, announced the Armenian National Committee of Massachusetts.

The likelihood of another Armenian-Azerbaijani war for Nagorno-Karabakh has increased as a result of the U.S.-backed rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey, according to America’s top intelligence official.

Newly-appointed Turkish Ambassador to the US, Namik Tan, called the pending Genocide resolution in Congress “baseless” and expressed confidence during a speech Tuesday that his country did not expect any adverse steps from “our ally, the US.”

A top Turkish diplomat will travel to Switzerland and the United States to seek their support over an Armenian court ruling that Ankara says threatens deals with Yerevan to normalize relations, a foreign ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
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