  Alexander Arzumanyan: political bluff named football diplomacy over January 17, 2011 - 15:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - All foreign policy initiatives taken by Armenia in 2010, specifically ratification of Protocols on normalization of relations with Turkey, have failed, according to former Foreign Minister of Armenia. “I stand for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations,” Alexander Arzumanyan told journalists on January 17. “However, all ill-considered documents designed abroad are doomed to failure.” “I think that the political bluff named football diplomacy is over,” he said.   Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
