The South Caucasus News - SouthCaucasusNews.comBakcell recently shared videos on social media featuring singers Roya and Miri Yusif calling for innovation. The humanoid robot is extending the invitation in Azerbaijani language to attend the concert.
Although no particular information about the robot is available yet, it seems that Bakcell’s concert on April 25 at 18:00…
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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivered a powerful pro-Artsakh message today in a statement and video shared live today with Armenian Americans gathered at the White House for a protest demanding justice for the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF). Kennedy’s statement – a robust defense of the rights of indigenous Armenians to return to Artsakh – called for decisive U.S. leadership in holding Azerbaijan accountable for its violent ethnic cleansing of Artsakh. He warned of renewed Azerbaijani aggression, asserting that: “If left without international support, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 will be finalized in the coming weeks and months.”Kennedy also stressed that: “We must act now to hold Azerbaijan accountable by calling for the release of the hostages and enforcing sanctions until a safe and viable path for the return of the indigenous Armenians to Artsakh is achieved. Though today we commemorate the 109th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, the plight of the Armenians is not over – and we must recommit ourselves to end the ethnic cleansing and defend Armenians’ right to self-determination.”
Commenting on Azerbaijan’s efforts to seize yet more Armenian territory, he pointed out that: “The regime threatens to invade Armenia if they don’t cede several towns and villages inside Armenia’s territorial boundaries,” adding that, “today, Azerbaijani bulldozers are destroying what remains of Armenian heritage in Artsakh.” In remarks introducing Kennedy’s statement to the AYF Washington DC ‘Ani’ Chapter “March for Justice” rally attendees, Armenian National Committee of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian noted that, in light of the fact that the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential candidates have armed Azerbaijan, Kennedy offers a vital third option to voters in what will surely be a close election this November. Noting Kennedy’s strong stand, Hamparian stressed: “We would welcome this type of leadership from Joe Biden. We would welcome it from Donald Trump. We want this kind of leadership in our White House.” Kennedy’s statement was accompanied by a powerful 2.5-minute video, re-released today, in which he pledged that his administration would mobilize the international community to sanction Azerbaijan, secure the safe return of Armenians to their Artsakh homeland, and support their right to self-determination. “I want to commit this country to the restoration of the sovereignty of Armenia and Artsakh, and to the restoration of its territory. Instead of starting another war somewhere, I want to stop one,” stated Kennedy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Statement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
After the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, the Azeri regime is still holding onto the civilian political leadership of Artsakh: its prior presidents, ministers, and parliament members, as well as dozens of others as hostages to coerce further territorial concessions from Armenia.
The regime threatens to invade Armenia if they don’t cede several towns and villages inside Armenia’s territorial boundaries. Today, Azerbaijani bulldozers are destroying what remains of Armenian heritage in Artsakh. If left without international support, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 will be finalized in the coming weeks and months. We must act now to hold Azerbaijan accountable by calling for the release of the hostages and enforcing sanctions until a safe and viable path for the return of the indigenous Armenians to Artsakh is achieved. Though today we commemorate the 109th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, the plight of the Armenians is not over – and we must recommit ourselves to end the ethnic cleansing and defend Armenians’ right to self-determination.
On Wednesday, April 24, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Turkish Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills to remember the Armenian Genocide and condemn Turkey and Azerbaijan, Beverly Press reports.
“Our message is to break the chains of genocide,” said Tenny Alaverdian, chairperson of the Council Executive for the Armenian Youth Federation. “It’s a call to action for justice, reparations, restitution and recognition for the 1915 genocide.”
“This year is particularly different because these last three years we’ve had increasing aggression from Azerbaijan and Turkey on mainland Armenia but specifically the region of Artsakh,” AYF member Kevork Madenlian said. “This last September, Azerbaijan launched a full scale attack on the civilian population and forcibly displaced over 120,000 Armenians from Artsakh.”
Alaverdian said the recent military action is a result of the 1915 genocide.
“The lack of justice for the 1915 Armenian Genocide is really what enabled and emboldened Azerbaijan – backed by Turkey – to commit genocide against Armenian people once more in an effort to spread pan-Turkism and try to claim the Armenian homeland as their own,” Alaverdian said.
Though protestors expressed appreciation for President Joe Biden’s statement on the genocide, many said it was not enough. Protestors called for the U.S. government to stand with the Armenian people and enact sanctions against Turkey and Azerbaijan.
“We need more than just [acknowledgement of genocide]. What we really need from the United States and from President Biden’s administration is to step up as the so-called ‘protector of justice’ across the western world and to make sure that things like this don’t happen moving forward,” Alaverdian said.
The protest lasted approximately two hours and shut down traffic on a block of Wilshire Boulevard between La Cienega Boulevard and Le Doux Road.