Armenian Foreign Minister: Ankara hampers Armenia-Turkey rapprochementMarch 17, 2010 - 20:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his speech in Berlin, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian accused Turkey with hampering bilateral relations, Deutsche Welle reported. After a meeting with Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Edward Nalbandian delivered a speech for German foreign policy council, presenting official Yerevan’s position on Karabakh conflict and Armenia-Turkey rapprochement. Following Edward Nalbandian’s speech, representatives of Turkish and Azeri Embassies in Germany felt it in their duty to present “refutations” and “amendments”. Turkish diplomat was zealous in producing dates, citations, paragraphs, references to legal resolutions and reports of various negotiations and conferences. According to Deutsche Welle, “Armenian minister won the round. With his composure and imperturbability, Armenian minister emphasized the peacefulness and tolerance of Armenian Government, still managing to adhere to his position.” 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 | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |