Manvel Badeyan: Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process can be characterized as "positional war"December 21, 2009 - 16:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia-Turkey rapprochement protocols contain provisions, disadvantageous to Armenia. Some of them were imposed on both countries, member of Republican Party of Armenia, deputy chairman of parliamentary commission for European integration, Manvel Badeyan said. "Time is not on our side, so the earlier we form a rapprochement model, the more we'll gain from it," the parliamentarian said. He added that Armenia has the potential to counter possible pressures. According to Mr. Badeyan, although the protocols do not stipulate for Karabakh conflict settlement, the issue will be raised during reconciliation talks. 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 | 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. |