Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process going along wrong lines from very startDecember 28, 2009 - 19:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process was going along the wrong lines from very start, with countries having no chance for direct opinion exchange on the issue, Armenian National Movement member, former chairman of parliamentary committee for external affairs Hovhannes Igityan said. As he noted at open discussions on annual presentation of Civilitas foundation report, entitled "Armenia 2009: promises and realities", in Zurich, Edward Nalbandian deprived Armenians of the chance to learn true position of Turkey, by disallowing the latter to voice the statement supposed to be read out upon protocols' signing. At the same time, Hovhannes Igityan noted that the Protocol contents fully met Turkey's interests. 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 | 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. 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”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |