  Turkish leadership not up to establishing relations with Armenia - expert  December 19, 2011 - 13:13 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - There was no kind of relationship between Armenia and Turkey in 2011, the director of Caucasus Institute said. “Armenian-Turkish relations being at standstill, it was however interesting to follow the developments around them,” Alexander Iskandaryan to a press conference in Yerevan. The expert pointed out the efforts of civil societies towards establishment of a dialogue between the two countries, saying he is not particularly hopeful these could incite major shift in Armenian-Turkish relations. “I believe Turkish leadership does not feel up to establishing relations with Armenia,” Iskandaryan said, adding that Turkey is now more concentrated on the situation in Middle East and Europe.   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 |  Topic Latest news Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus  A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges.Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration.International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |
