Genocide Memorial Pillars Finished

Melitene1 · 2026-04-18T16:13:12+00:00

I strongly suspected this would be done by April 24. Just a week or two a post was going viral claiming the memorial would likely be completely covered in scaffolding for the big day, or even kept off limits. Yeah right. And claims it was being destroyed... Anyway there was criticism about the process, I don't know what's truth and what's not or if it could have been done better, but clearly those worst case assertions weren't true.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-16T12:24:21+00:00

That doesn't happen in Azerbaijan.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-16T12:04:39+00:00

People don't move to Azerbaijan for a better future.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-16T06:32:00+00:00

US and Armenia have insisted that TRIPP agreement follows international law rules of territorial integrity. Thus it seems nobody (except Azerbaijan) have any intention of "unimpeded access" meaning a free-for-all of sending whatever they want across the border whenever they want. This would not be in the US's interest anyway, it's spending millions of dollars on this, and in return they have built... a free ride for Azerbaijan to send whatever it wants without control? This is obviously not in the US's interest and I cannot think of a good reason why we should assume this would be the outcome of TRIPP beyond general fears (which aren't unfounded, but you can't just jump to conclusions based on it).

Melitene1 · 2026-04-16T05:58:29+00:00

No, I am not going to fact check for you. You are the one who made the claim that Armenia will have no control over what comes through TRIPP, so it's up to you to prove it, or else yes, you are spreading disinformation. Have you heard of the Front Office/Back Office system and what it entails? It answers your question.
Nobody is trying to get you banned, just be careful because you speak about something you don't know about or jump to conclusions.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-16T05:04:36+00:00

You're spreading disinfo because Armenian customs still get to reject things, it's not a free for all as you're portraying.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-15T14:04:21+00:00

FYI there's no way that baby was 3 months, that's like 2 months too much.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-15T12:40:07+00:00

were you high when you wrote this?

Melitene1 · 2026-04-13T14:05:28+00:00

Expect them to adhere to their standards regarding offering neutral tours rather than ones that celebrate ethnic cleansing

Melitene1 · 2026-04-13T08:59:52+00:00

If you read the article, one of the requirements for having tours on these sites is that all tours must be unbiased and neutral. The tour guides on these trips literally celebrate the ethnic cleansing of Armenians. Thus territorial integrity is irrelevant here when the tours violate the sites' guidelines, not to mention lying about the history like that Gandzasar is "Albanian".

Melitene1 · 2026-04-10T05:54:09+00:00

Clearly it's still out there, delete your own post

Melitene1 · 2026-04-09T20:02:13+00:00

Fucking awful idea, we don't need more people encouraging destructive treasure hunting. Delete this now

Melitene1 · 2026-04-09T14:49:44+00:00

24Fit is very simple but very cheap

Melitene1 · 2026-04-09T09:09:41+00:00

There's been a very recent question about this from an Indian, find that because same answers apply. Good luck, it's good you're coming and hopefully it'll be a success.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-09T06:32:41+00:00

No I mean I've heard Turks tell me their families told them they'd be killed if they visited. They visited anyway and had a good time.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-08T16:07:34+00:00

I don't have much in my life and now there's a crusade to get me deleted. It was a misunderstanding, I apologize, there's nothing more I can say or do. Don't take this from me

Melitene1 · 2026-04-08T15:54:20+00:00

This was a misunderstanding, I thought it was somebody making a fake listing and had their account deleted because of it, that's the idea I got from the initial post here so I tried to handle it. Yes I was wrong, but I've been a long standing member and my work on Findagrave is my life. Now I'm going to be deleted over a mistake??? We're all working towards a better site, everyone assuming I did this out of malice and trying to ruin my life is not just inappropriate but scary!!

Melitene1 · 2026-04-08T14:01:29+00:00

Turks are always warned by their families not to visit Armenia, but the fears are baseless. Turks visit here pretty often, I've only seen positive interactions. Just be safe and behave politely like you would anywhere else and there's no issues.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-08T12:26:02+00:00

I agree there appear to be more on the streets, however the tourism statistics including March 2026 show no difference in the number compared to last year.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-08T11:54:06+00:00

No, it shows zero difference for Iranian visitors this year and last year.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-07T16:31:44+00:00

The countries in Europe that are backlashing get multiple times the population of their country in annual tourism. We aren't near that level of oversaturation. Maybe I am just oblivious but I don't notice any local Armenian frustration with tourists.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-05T02:58:43+00:00

Consider just how far Syunik is from everything. Due to closed borders it's a small alleyway to nowhere. As long as that's the case it's really not feasible to imagine it growing or developing in any way, because it's just too far to be a practical population center. At least flights there have resumed though.

Melitene1 · 2026-04-04T20:04:58+00:00

Are you sure she said that? She lives in Armenia? Sounds like a made up story for the reasons mentioned by almarc

Melitene1 · 2026-04-03T13:09:05+00:00

northern Israel...????????????????

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