Summit in Prague showed that Armenia and Turkey mitigated their positionsMay 8, 2009 - 23:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Meeting between presidents of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and president of Azerbaijan Abdulah Gul in the fringes of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Prague approached positions of both countries towards normalization of bilateral relations, Stepan Grogorian , head of the Analytical Center on globalization and regional cooperation told to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, touching upon the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border.As Mr. Grigorian also mentioned, that there has been some progress in that issue. "I see, that Turkey and Armenia seek to normalize bilateral relations, and simultaneously there a tendency of mitigating positions of both sides is observed ," said political scientist and added, that Armenia reduces the pressure related to Genocide issue, while Turkey abandon its firm claims. All these resulted in renouncing preconditions by the sides. As Grigorian also mentioned, despite softening its position, Turkey has some comments in Karabakh issue. "The demand that troops should be withdrawn does not sound so firm any more, but Turkey however links normalization of Armenia-Turkish relations with parallel solution of Karabakh problem," concluded Stepan Grigorian. 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 | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |