Ankara may delay Protocol ratification on account of opposition's dissatisfactionSeptember 18, 2009 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Both Armenia and Turkey have unequivocal approach to Armenian-Turkish rapprochement. Turkish political forces' approach is based on the given party's ideology, Turkish Studies expert Ruben Melkonyan told a press conference in Yerevan. "Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu has already met with several political forces. Meetings clearly showed that party leaders mainly have negative attitude to Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and border opening," expert said.In his opinion, Turkish leadership is secretly elaborating the next scenario, i.e. it is delaying Protocol ratification on account of opposition's dissatisfaction. "Ankara may suspend the process unless it sees positive signs in Karabakh process. Ruling AKP party makes up majority in Parliament so ratification should be no problem. But I don't rule out the possibility that some AKP members will make tough statements to hamper ratification process," Melkonyan stressed. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. |