Expert: Azerbaijan treads in Turkey’s footsteps in militarizationMay 13, 2011 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkologist Levon Hovsepyan has said Turkey’s militarization is a menace for Armenia and a headache for Europe. As Hovsepyan told a press conference in Yerevan, Turkey will try to gain maximum benefits from any regional development. “Ankara is dangerous. This is proved by the fact that during the 2008 Russian-Georgian conflict Turkey was the second country, which supplied arms to Georgia.” “Besides, with its militarization, Turkey encourages Azerbaijan’s warlike statements,” he said. He supposes that Baku has also chosen Turkey’s model, trying to obtain skills in weapon production along with developing their own defense industry. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |