  Armenia may block Azerbaijan's membership to WTOJuly 3, 2007 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will present its stance on Azerbaijan's membership to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated. "We will certainly make our presence felt. One-sided restriction that Azerbaijan creates in front of Armenia in the framework of international organizations, are unacceptable. And I think the WTO must by all means touch upon this issue," Vartan Oskanian said, "Novosti-Armenia" reports. Armenia is a WTO member-state since 2003. It is necessary to gather the absolute majority for the candidate countries to be accepted in the World Trade Organization.   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 |  Related sections Latest 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. |
