Meeting with Edward Nalbandian did not resolve doubts of Heritage partyApril 29, 2009 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan held a meeting with Foreign Affair Minister Edward Nalbandian, heads of standing committees and representatives of parliamentary factions yesterday. "The Minister's responses to our questions on normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties did not resolve doubts, but deepened our concern," Secretary of Heritage parliamentary faction, Ms. Larisa Alaverdyan told PanARMENIAN.Net She said the Minister did not comment on developed principles, methods and short-term plans related to normalization of ties with Turkey. "Eventually we got no information whether the road map is linked to international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Karabakh conflict resolution and Armenian-Turkish border. Official information of Foreign Ministry describing the normalization process is not convincing," said Larisa Alaverdyan. Top stories 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. 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. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |