Turkey urges EU to stick to its pledgesSeptember 5, 2009 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's top diplomat Ahmet Davutoglu met his British counterpart David Miliband in Stockholm on Friday. In an opinion piece in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, Ahmet Davutoglu said his country has started an "unparalleled reform" process to live up to EU demands and urged the union to stick to its part of the deal and assess the bid. The article was published Saturday - the second day of an informal EU foreign ministers' meeting in Stockholm. Davutoglu said the EU has to pressure the Greek Cypriots to take on a "constructive attitude" in negotiations regarding the island nation, which was split into Greek and Turkish parts in 1974, Hurriyet Daily News reported. 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 | Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. |