Erdogan sends his Special Envoy to YerevanApril 7, 2010 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Special Envoy conveyed a written message of the Turkish Prime Minister, as well as President Abdullah Gul’s verbal message to the Armenian President. “Armenia is looking for practical steps on behalf of Turkey that would allow normalizing the two countries relations without preconditions and achieving a breakthrough in the negotiations,” Mr. Sargsyan said. The Turkish diplomat said in his turn that Turkey is ready to secure soonest ratification of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols. Sinirlioglu also conveyed an offer about Erdogan's and Sargsyan's meeting in Washington within the framework of global nuclear security summit to take place on April 12-13, the press office of the Armenian President reported. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |