Foreign Ministry: Ankara lost chance to normalize relations with ArmeniaApril 22, 2011 - 17:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Official Ankara lost the chance to normalize relations with Armenia, picking traffic lines over civilized regional relations, according to Deputy Foreign Minister. During the parliament-hosted presentation of a book titled Armenia-Turkey Relations: Problems and Perspectives, Shavarsh Kocharyan named Turkey responsible for suspension of rapprochement process. “By frustrating the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, Ankara lost some points on the way to EU accession,” he stressed. 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 urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |