April 6 - Prime Minister of
TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking about 100,000 Armenian illegal immigrants currently living in Turkey, says "I may have to tell these 100,000 to go back to their country because they are not my citizens. I don't have to keep them in my country".[1]
April 24 - Tens of thousands of people rally and lay flowers at a monument in
Yerevan to the victims on the 95th anniversary of the
Armenian genocide.[2]
August
August 19 -
Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev begins a state visit in Armenia by meeting with Armenian president
Serzh Sargsyan and paying tribute to the victims of the
Armenian genocide at the
Tsitsernakaberd memorial. Russian military presence in the South Caucasian republic is to be extended until 2044.[3]
September
September 1 - A
border clash between Armenia and
Azerbaijan occurs, leaving several soldiers dead and both sides blaming the other for the violence.[4]
April 6 - Prime Minister of
TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking about 100,000 Armenian illegal immigrants currently living in Turkey, says "I may have to tell these 100,000 to go back to their country because they are not my citizens. I don't have to keep them in my country".[1]
April 24 - Tens of thousands of people rally and lay flowers at a monument in
Yerevan to the victims on the 95th anniversary of the
Armenian genocide.[2]
August
August 19 -
Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev begins a state visit in Armenia by meeting with Armenian president
Serzh Sargsyan and paying tribute to the victims of the
Armenian genocide at the
Tsitsernakaberd memorial. Russian military presence in the South Caucasian republic is to be extended until 2044.[3]
September
September 1 - A
border clash between Armenia and
Azerbaijan occurs, leaving several soldiers dead and both sides blaming the other for the violence.[4]