QUESTIONS OF REGIONAL COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT TO BE ACCENTUATED AT ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' COMING MEETINGApril 27, 2002 - 00:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The meeting of the head of the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian and his Turkish counterpart Ismail Cem will be held in the capital of Iceland in May. Questions of developing cooperation in the South Caucasus region will be the main topic of discussion. Vardan Oskanian told the "Arminfo" agency correspondent today that the next meeting of the Council on cooperation of the NATO countries, of which Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan are members, would be held in Reykjavik May 14-15. Within its framework both bilateral and wider membership meetings may take place. The Armenian Foreign Minister reminded that he had met his Turkish colleague in New York at the beginning of the year and the possibility that the bilateral dialogue would continue in Reykjavik was not ruled out, although there had been no clear arrangements on the meeting. He also noted that it is planned to discuss a wide circle of problems with an emphasis on the regional cooperation: releasing blocked communications, TRASECA project realization and others. "It is still hard to say whether the question of Ankara's recognition of the Armenian genocide in 1915 will be discussed or not. As there is no clear agenda for the negotiations, the both sides may discuss any problems," - the head of the Armenian foreign ministry noted. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |