FM to attend Erdogan’s inauguration, pose questions on GenocideAugust 25, 2014 - 12:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan has received an invitation to the Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan's inauguration ceremony, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said, according to ARKA. Armenia will probably accept the invitation, with Foreign Minister to attend the ceremony, Sargsyan said Sunday, August 24 at a meeting with participants of Together 2014 educational youth forum. Ergodan’s inauguration is scheduled for Thursday. The President also said Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandian will ask Erdogan whether he plans to visit Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Yerevan on the centenary of the tragedy. Sargsyan found it difficult to answer when the Armenia-Turkish border will be opened. “Armenia’s wish is to have it opened as soon as possible,” the President said. An Armenia-Turkish reconciliation was initiated by Armenian President in autumn 2008. On October 10, 2009, the two foreign ministers signed a protocol on establishing diplomatic relations in Zurich to be ratified by the countries’ parliaments. On April 22, 2010 Armenia’s president Sargsyan suspended the ratification process after ratification was frozen by Turkey’s parliament. Related links: The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. The Armenian-Turkish Protocols The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |