South Caucasus - competition field for Moscow and AnkaraAugust 24, 2009 - 19:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus remains a competition field for Moscow and Ankara, RA NAS Oriental Studies Institute Director, Turkish studies specialist Ruben Safrsastyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "Over the recent years, serious progress has been observed in Russian-Turkish relations. Apart from gas contracts, Russian company won a bid for constructing a nuclear power plant in Turkey, Moscow's current policy cardinally differs from the policy conducted in the 1990s," expert noted. Nevertheless, he doesn't think Russia will ever make any step posing a threat to its bases deployed in Armenia. "Armenia's stability is important for Moscow. Besides. Russia attaches more significance geopolitical economic vs. economic interests," Professor noted. 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 | Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. |