webmaster@azg.amAZG Armenian Dailyhttp://www.azg.am/rss/EN.xmlen-usArmenia-Iran<![CDATA[ARMENIAN-IRANIAN YEAR-END MEETING]]>http://www.azg.am/EN/2011122401"All nations should respect Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty"

Iranian President Ahmadinejad leading a high ranking politico-economic delegation paid a one-day official visit to Yerevan yesterday.

The Iranian President had separate meetings with Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

He had also a meeting with Armenian President Ser...]]>Armenia-Czechia<![CDATA[EDUARD SHARMAZANOV PARTICIPATED IN VÁCLAV HAVEL’S FUNERAL CEREMONY]]>http://www.azg.am/EN/2011122402On December 23 the Deputy Speaker of the RA National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov as an official representative of the Republic of Armenia took part in the funeral ceremony of former President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel in Prague, the NA press service reported.

The source notes that the representatives of Turkey and Azerbaijan have not participated in the funeral ceremony.

...]]>Armenian Genocide<![CDATA[TURKEY FREEZES ALL POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH FRANCE]]>http://www.azg.am/EN/2011122403Turkey has frozen relations with France, recalling its ambassador and suspending all economic, political and military meetings in response to French MPs' approval of a law that would make it a crime to deny that the mass killing of Armenians in 1915 by Ottoman Turks was genocide.

The furious Turkish reaction to Paris's parliamentary vote marked an unprecedented low between the Nato partners, The Guardian reports.

Diaspora<![CDATA[ANNUAL CONSUL'S SILICON VALLEY RECEPTION: A NEW EVENT TO APPRECIATE THOSE WHO "GIVEN SO MUCH FOR ARMENIA"]]>http://www.azg.am/EN/2011122404By Gourgen Khazhakian

On December 17, 2011 a special event sponsored by Consul General of the RA in Los Angeles and the ArmTech Congress was held at San Jose Fairmont Hotel, which, due to its success, is expected to be repeated every December in the Bay Area under the name of Annual Consul's Silicon Valley Reception. As Tony Moroyan , the Event Master of Ceremonies, Co-Founder of the ArmTech Congress and Chairman of the Yerev...]]>