ARFD and Heritage jointly protest Armenian-Turkish ProtocolsOctober 1, 2009 - 20:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Favoring Armenian-Turkish process, Armenia's pro-opposition parliamentary factions headed by ARF-Dashnaktsutyun and Heritage have made a joint statement on removing Protocol clauses concerning recognition of a common border between Armenia and Turkey, since that will mean Armenia's acceptance of Kars Treaty. Factions are against creation of a historical committee as they believe it may call into questions the fact of recognizing Armenian Genocide. Besides, "Armenian-Turkish rapprochement cannot in any way be linked to Nagorno Karabakh," ARFD and Heritage say in a release. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |