Intensiveness of Armenian-Turkish process determined by WashingtonSeptember 16, 2009 - 17:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Intensiveness of Armenian-Turkish process bears direct relationship to US initiative on normalization of ties between Yerevan and Ankara, political scientist Levon Shirinyan told a press conference in Yerevan. "Neither Armenia nor Turkey is properly aware of the process. But Ankara realizes the importance of normalizing ties with Armenia," expert stressed. With regard to Armenia, Shirinyan finds that Yerevan cannot but participate in a process it was involved in upon superpowers' initiative "Our policy and diplomacy can help Armenia to be included in the list of countries US finds a counterbalance to Turkey. That's the only way towards Armenia's future," he noted.Turkey is currently demonstrating hysteria over the current stage of Armenian-Turkish process since Ankara is not fully aware of everything. With regard to recently publicized Protocols on normalization of bilateral ties, political scientist said that Turkey broke off relations with Armenia in 1920, so that date should serve as a starting point for the process. "We have all chances to raise a question on implementation of Peace Treaty of Sèvres," Levon Shrinyan said. 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. |