  Expert: U.S. will try to reanimate Armenian-Turkish rapprochement April 28, 2011 - 12:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After the parliamentary election in Turkey, the United States will redouble efforts to reanimate the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, an expert said. “However, Washington has few leverages on Ankara. The U.S. needs Turkey more than vice versa,” Caucasus Institute director Alexander Iskandaryan told a press conference in Yerevan. As to Russia and EU, which also mediates the normalization, he said, Europe can hardly succeed in compelling Ankara to compromise. “Russia, although being interested in reconciliation, will not press on Ankara either,” Iskandaryan concluded.   Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering.   Partner news |  Latest news Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation  On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit.CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions.Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha.Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |
