Armenian Foreign Minister will not meet with Turkish politicians in YerevanOctober 28, 2010 - 17:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will not meet with Turkish politicians, who arrived in Yerevan from Istanbul. As ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net Turkish politicians’ request for a meeting at Foreign Ministry was declined. “The Armenian and Turkish youth do not hide themselves behind closed borders any more.They easily come to the fore and state that the border must be opened. We have prepared an action plan that has 31 points. On October 28, I will leave for Yerevan with my team mates,” gtp.org.tr quoted the leader of Powerful Turkey Party Tuna Beklevic as saying.Further he said that they will convene a press conference in Yerevan and unveil their proposals to the Armenian society.”We will hold a meeting with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and ask to respond to our proposals. Further we will present the views of the Armenian society to the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. We will also hold meetings with Turkish President and Prime Minister,” he said. Earlier, Beklevic and his party members had crossed the Armenian-Turkish border in the vicinity of Akhurian River – something the Russian front guards denied later. Turkish politicians, planned to organize a news conference in Armenia jointly with Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation, yet were unable to rent a conference hall. 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. |