Armenia-Turkey policy discussions to be held in YerevanMarch 24, 2010 - 13:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) together with Istanbul-based Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and with funding from USAID will hold Armenia-Turkey policy discussions on March 25-26, 2010, EPF Communications Office reported.The meeting will bring together a number of distinguished opinion makers and media professionals from Turkey and Armenia. The list of participants will include retired Armenian and Turkish diplomats and high-level government officials; as well as renowned Armenian and Turkish media professionals. The meeting is part of the USAID-funded "Days Two and Three in Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" project, which seeks to build ties and to develop mutual understanding among Armenian and Turkish peer groups in the non-government, media and business sectors. The discussions will not focus on Armenian-Turkish protocols but rather elaborate on the entire range of recent Armenian-Turkish developments. A special emphasis will be made on what should be done within the Track Two Diplomacy efforts regarding the current diplomatic impasse in the Armenia-Turkey relations. Eurasia Partnership Foundation has been implementing Armenia-Turkey initiatives since 2005 to promote cross-border partnerships between Armenian and Turkish peer groups, helping them to contribute strategically to state efforts to build relations between the two countries. The Armenian-Turkish Protocols The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation. 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. |