Armenia won’t sacrifice national interests to become European family member - ARFDSeptember 22, 2011 - 13:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A resolution to be submitted at the oncoming Warsaw-hosted EU Eastern Partnership summit hasn’t been coordinated at September 14-15 Euronest Parliamentary Assembly session in Strasbourg. Commenting on the situation at a news conference in Yerevan, member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Armenian parliamentary delegation Hovhannes Sahakyan said that the Armenian delegation opposed to certain phrasings in the document suggested by Azerbaijani and Georgian delegations. “The above-mentioned document stipulated for territorial integrity and inviolability of borders as the only principles of international law. As a compromise, Armenian delegation offered to cover all principles of international law, including people’s right to self-determination. European partners, in turn, suggested excluding all 3 stipulations mentioned, which, however, was not supported by Azeri and Georgian delegations as well as the Ukrainian co-chair of Euronest Political Committee,” Sahakyan said. ARF Dashnaktsutyun member, Lilit Galstyan, in turn, stressed the unity of Armenian delegation in protecting national interests of their country. “Armenia won’t sacrifice its national interests to become a member of the European family,” she said. 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 | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |