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It is declared that the motion for recognizing the Armenian Genocide will be voted on June in Bundestag.

At least 70 people were killed in the attack in Lahore and 300 people were injured. The attack targeted the Christians who was celebrating the Easter. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed the attack.

In Azerbaijan, there has been a campaign against human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

On February 26, parliamentary election was held in Islamic Republic of Iran and 2 Armenian MPs are elected to the parliament.

Political parties in Germany agreed on releasing a common declaration about the massacre of Armenians in 1915.

According to the Assyrian Federation of Sweden, 40 Assyrians who had been held captive by ISIS are released.

Syrian peace negotiations that started in Geneva remains on the agenda of Turkey and the world; it is wondered whether those negotiations will bring any solution. Recently, the meetings are suspended until February 25. Agos columnist Vicken Cheterian, who closely watches the developments, pictures the current condition of the process.

After 2 years, Geneva meetings started yesterday. UN Syria Representative Staffan de Mistura, the moderator of the meetings, met with the opposition yesterday and today, he will meet with the delegation of Esad Regime.

On January 28, the annual dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France was held in Paris. Speaking at the event, French President Hollande said that they are revising the genocide denial law.

The embargo against Iran is lifted. What does this mean for Armenia, which is in economical and commercial cooperation with Iran? We tried to answer this question with Caucasus Institute Director Aleksander İskandaryan.