RA President - initiator of Armenian-Turkish processOctober 1, 2009 - 21:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Initiator in Armenian-Turkish process is RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who last year invited his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to watch football match, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan told today a parliamentary hearing.Since the very start of the process, Armenian side clearly stated the unacceptability of any Turkish-imposed preconditions, Foreign Minister stressed. "We announced then that if Turkish side hoped we'd accept preconditions, we'd better refrain from normalization process," Nalnandyan said. To MPs' question on renouncing Kars Treaty and not recognizing the present-day Turkish borders, Foreign Minister answered that those borders were established under Soviet-Turkish Treaty and being ASSR's legal successor, Republic of Armenia has undertaken commitment to respect all treaties signed between USSR and other states. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". 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. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. 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”. |