  Turkey may frustrate reconciliation processDecember 2, 2009 - 13:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - If Turkey protracts ratification of protocols on normalization of relations with Armenia, it will jeopardize the entire reconciliation process, according to professor Ruben Safrastyan, director of the RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies."The Kurdish initiative is dominating Turkey's agenda. Turkish leadership will address relations with Armenia only after progress is registered in the Kurdish issue," he told a news conference on Wednesday. He also voiced an opinion that Turkish parliamentary commission will hardly promulgate its decision of Armenia-Turkey protocols before December 7. "If Turkey drags out the ratification process, Yerevan can quit negotiations," prof. Safrastyan 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 |  Related sections Topic Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities.Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |
