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2010 in Armenia
The following lists events that happened during
2010
in
Armenia
.
Incumbents
President:
Serzh Sargsyan
Prime Minister:
Tigran Sargsyan
Events
April
April 6
-
Prime Minister of Turkey
Recep 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".
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
.
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.
September
September 1
- A border clash between Armenia and
Azerbaijan
occurs, leaving several
soldiers
dead and
both sides
blaming the other for the violence.
November
November 6
- Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange the
bodies
of deceased soldiers and a civilian under the auspices of the
International Committee of the Red Cross
.