  Yerevan will never support Turkey’s candidate for OSCE Secretary General, Foreign Ministry says  February 15, 2011 - 17:11 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesperson for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that Yerevan will not support Turkey’s candidate for OSCE Secretary General. Turkey has nominated Ersin Ercin for the post. An Armenian diplomatic source said on February 14 that support to Turkey’s candidate for OSCE Secretary General is inadmissible for Yerevan. “Support is provided to a friendly country, while Turkey is not such. Turkey issued a similar request for several times, but was rejected,” the source said. Haberturk reported that President Abdullah Gul plans to request his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan to support Turkey’s candidate for OSCE Secretary General, while Turkey’s candidate, ambassador Ersin Ercin will personally hand the letter to President Sargsyan in March.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
