Bağış: Turkey would rather Armenia withdraw from Karabakh than EurovisionMarch 16, 2012 - 11:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey would rather Armenia withdraw from Nagorno Karabakh than the Eurovision song contest, Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış said, Hurriyet Daily News reported. “Turkey would prefer Armenia to pull out of Nagorno Karabakh, rather than from the Eurovision song contest. I think they should revise their decision,” Bağış said. Speaking at a joint press conference with Can Bonomo, the singer who will represent Turkey in this year’s contest, at the European Ministry’s office in Ortaköy, Bağış said that competing with an English-language song was the right choice. “I like the song ‘Love Me Back’ very much. English is a universal language so it is the right choice to send Turkey’s message to the international community,” Bağış said. Armenia’s state broadcaster announced the country was pulling out of the 2012 Eurovision song contest, saying there was “no logic to sending a participant to a country where he will be met as an enemy.” Bağış said Azerbaijan had earned the right to host this year’s contest. “It is all technical. When a country wins the contest one year, it is assigned to host the next year’s contest. Azerbaijan is a United Nations member state. No country has the right to condemn it.” Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |