Deputy FM comments on Cavusoglu's Karabakh preconditions remarksFebruary 26, 2015 - 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan commented on the Turkish Foreign Minister’s statement, reiterating the country’s calls for concessions over Nagorno Karabakh as a precondition in the reconciliation process. Earlier, the Turkish official remarked that Ankara always voiced its preconditions for the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, with the fact widely known. As Shavarsh Kocharyan told Tert.am, "as Foreign Minister [Edward] Nalbandian put in his article, published in the "Wall Street Journal" in 2010, on the anniversary of Zurich Protocols, “Our position was reflected in the well-known approach to the unconditional normalization of relations. It was the bottom-line principle for starting the negotiations with Turkey. With this common understanding, we launched and conducted this process and reached the agreements. Since the very start of the process, this approach has been shared by the entire international community, including the Swiss mediators, the UN secretary-general, OSCE, EU, the United States, Russia, France and many other countries.” And later too, the above-mentioned states and organizations reaffirmed the fact on very different occasions. It is at least bewildering that the Turkish delegation conducting the negotiations over the Protocols was not aware of the Turkish preconditions, which, according to Cavusoglu, was known to the whole world. Spreading such false information while speaking about openness is strange, to say the least, but it is, at the same time, characteristic of the Turkish authorities. ” 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 | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |