YEREVAN (Aysor.am), March 9–Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian hosted Poland’s Ambassador to Armenia Zdzisław Raczynski on Tuesday.
They discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of the scheduled visit of his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk to Armenia. He said that the upcoming visit will contribute to strengthening Armenian-Polish relations.
Ambassador Raczynski commented [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), March 9—The Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement plan to meet in March in Paris with the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on the threshold of their visit to the region, according to a statement released by the OSCE.
The co-chairs have already held a meeting in the capital of [...]
YEREVAN (Aysor.am), March 5–Today the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, received Vojteck Filip, Vice-Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, informed the ministry’s press and public relations department
Greeting the guest, the Armenian Foreign Minister said, “The relations with the Czech Republic have been intensively developing over the past years, and a [...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am), March 5 –Turkey’s Abdullah Gul released an official statement reacting to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s approval of resolution 252 recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
The official message, which is available on Turkish President’s official web site, states: “I consider the decision unreasonable and I regret it. It lacks respect to the Turkish nation. The [...]
YEREVAN (Yerevan Report Staff), March 5–On March 4, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives voted to condemn the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 as genocide.
The vote was won by a hair of a majority– 23-22. Despite the condemnation, which was a repeat of a 2007 passage, it is unclear whether [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), March 4–The National Assembly of Armenia will ratify the Turkish-Armenian protocols minutes after Turkey’s parliament ratifies the documents, according to Hovik Abrahamyan, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, on Wednesday during a meeting with the delegation of the international investment company “ARTOC Group.”
During the meeting, at the request of the guests, Abrahamyan touched upon [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), March 04—On Wednesday, the delegation of the Armenian parliament left for Washington to take part in the discussion of the Armenian Genocide bill in Congress, reports Armenian Public TV.
Members of the Republican Party of Armenia faction Artak Zakaryan and Koryun Nahapetyan and the head of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction, Vahan Hovhannesyan, went to Washington.
The [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), March 2—On March 17, the Swedish Parliament will discuss the issue of the recognition and condemnation of the Genocide of Armenians and Assyrians in Turkey, writes “AZG.”
“Despite the fact that the Turkish and Azeri communities of Sweden collected about five thousand signatures with the demand to give up this step, the Swedish MPs [...]
YEREVAN (Aysor.am), March 2–A high-level delegation of the European Union led by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived in Armenia. Within the framework of the visit the delegation met Armenian President Serge Sarkisian and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. The meeting of the Armenian and Spanish foreign ministers was followed by a joint press conference.
At [...]
YEREVAN (A1plus.am), March 2–Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met today with the European Union (EU) Delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos.
Welcoming the delegation, Edward Nalbandian congratulated Miguel Angel Moratinos on taking the EU presidency and the effect of the Lisbon Treaty.
Characterizing Armenia-EU relations, Minister [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), March 1—The representatives of the Armenian community in Poland held a protest rally before the Azerbaijani Embassy in Warsaw on February 27, in connection with the 22-nd anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait.
According to the information received by the “Novosti-Armenia” news agency, the relevant municipal authorities of Warsaw [...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL), February 26—A campaign was launched in Turkey to rename a street in Istanbul after Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the chief editor of the newspaper “Agos.” This initiative was supported by almost 2,000 people, who joined the campaign giving their signatures, prominent Turkish intellectuals among them. However, the city administration of Istanbul has already [...]
YEREVAN (ARKA), February 26—The president of Armenia Serge Sarkisian exchanged views with the Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu in Kiev and said that the Turkish government could open the border between the two countries before ratifying the Armenian-Turkish protocols, the press service of the Armenian government informed.
The conversation took place during the reception organized [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 25 — On Wednesday, President Serge Sarkisan met with the members of the Public Council to discuss the problems and to propose solutions for the development of agriculture and information technologies in Armenia.
At the meeting the President stated that from media publications and meetings with the chairman of the Public Council Vazgen [...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL), February 25–The National Assembly approved Tuesday a government bill that will make it easier for Armenia to annul its normalization agreements with Turkey if Ankara continues to delay their ratification.
The relevant amendments to an Armenian law on international treaties envisage the suspension or termination of agreements signed by Yerevan before their entry into [...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am), February 25–On his working visit to Ukraine, Armenian President Serge Sarkisian met with US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon in Kiev. Issues related to Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process were discussed, the President’s press office reported.
The President of Armenia once again presented the approaches of official Yerevan towards the current stage of the process [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 24— It is practically impossible that Armenia will be the first to ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols. This was stated at a press conference on Tuesday by Davit Harutyunyan, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Armenia on State and Legal Affairs.
“I find it almost impossible that Armenia will [...]
BAKU (Trend), February 24—The European Union’s Special Representative to the South Caucasus arrived in Azerbaijan Tuesday where he said time was running out for Armenia and Azerbaijan to hammer out a final peace accord on Karabakh.
Speaking to reporters at a press briefing in Baku, Peter Semneby said it was possible to hope for progress in [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 22—“The Karabakh army is always ready to rebuff any encroachment on state security,” said the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakyan, on Saturday when he met with members of the National Assembly.
“We are deeply convinced that the issues currently existing in the modern world can be solved solely by civilized means [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 19—The Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine, Armen Khachatryan, will be relieved of his post and appointed Armenian Ambassador to Belarus, wrote Haykakan Zhamanak.
The former Armenian Ambassador to Belarus, Oleg Yesayan, was recently appointed as the Armenian Ambassador to Russia.
According to the newspaper’s information, either the adviser of the president of Armenia Andranik Manukyan [...]
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net), February 18– No thaw in Karabakh conflict should be expected in near future, according to Caucasus Institute Director Alexander Iskandaryan.
He also predicted no changes in the OSCE Minsk Group format during Kazakhstan’s chairmanship in the Organization.
Assessing the possibility of resumption of hostilities in the conflict zone, Iskandaryan noted that Azerbaijan won’t be allowed to wage [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 16 — The press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic informed that on Tuesday there was a ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan.
According to the report, violations of the ceasefire were registered in the sections of the contact line between the military positions of Nagorno Karabagh and Azerbaijan last night [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 16—The members of the National Assembly of Armenia from the pro-government coalition party Orinats Yerkir, Hovanes Markaryan and Hegine Bisharyan, presented in the second reading the bill “About making changes and additions into the Criminal code.” The bill demands stricter punishments for violence against journalists or members of their families.
According to the [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 15—On February 13, Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan arrived in the city of Pyatigorsk, the administrative center of the North Caucasus Federal Region of the Russian Federation.
The head of state met leaders and representatives of business circles in the Armenian community of the Stavrapol region, where a wide range of issues [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 15—The Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, cancelled his special visit to Israel.
Sarkisian’s assistant Aram Ananyan told Tert.am that the prime minister cancelled his visit due to health problems.
Tigran Sarkisian was set to visit Israel with His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The Mother See of Holy [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 11—The 1915 annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians during Ottoman Empire in Turkey was one of the greatest crimes against humanity in the last hundred years, and it’s important that the United States recognize the Armenian Genocide, said US Senator of Jewish descent Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in a letter to the Armenian Assembly [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 11—The Ministers of Defense of Armenia and France, Seyran Ohanyan and Erve Moren respectively, signed an agreement on bilateral defense cooperation in Paris, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defense informs.
“This agreement will become a legal basis for military cooperation development between the two countries,” the message read.
The meeting of [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru) February 9 — On Monday the Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan met with the representatives of over 20 Armenian organizations of France, the press service of the Ministry of Defense informs. The minister left for a five-day official visit to France on Monday.
During the meeting the minister presented the 18-year history of [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 9—According to French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessow, everything possible should be done to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations.
In an interview with Report.am, the ambassador noted that he is referring to the possibility of overcoming historical disagreements between the two countries.
“It would be unfortunate if everything wasn’t done to make use of that,” Smessow said.
In [...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am), February 9 — Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland held out hope for the normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties, CNN Turk reported.
“The process may need time but the very first step is done,” Jagland said at his visit to Ankara. It’s worth reminding that Turkey is going to assume the presidency of [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia) — The Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sarkisian, will visit Israel in the middle of February, informed the assistant to the president of Armenia, Aram Ananyan.
“The Prime Minister will visit Jerusalem from February 14-15,” Aram Ananyan said. Details of the visit will follow.
Translated from Russian by YerevanReport.com
YEREVAN (Tert.am) – Armenian President Serge Sarkisian, along with Foreign Affairs Minister Eduard Nalbandian, Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan and His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, will depart for the United Kingdom on February 9 for a three-day business visit.
During the visit, Sarkisian will meet with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 8 — Washington is eager to continue the strengthening of the US-Armenia relations, informed James Stainberg, the first deputy of the US State Secretary during an interview with Armenian Public TV.
The diplomat noted that during his visit he discussed with President Serge Sarkisian questions of the expansion of U.S – Armenia relations in [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 5 — Armenia should oppose Azerbaijani propaganda more actively, even within the limits of the international organizations, considers Naira Zohrabian the deputy of the Armenian parliament and head of the constant parliamentary commission concerning European integration.
“We should be more coordinated, mobilize our efforts and present our position,” Zohrabian said on Friday at [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), February 8 — The Honorable Consulate of Armenia will open in Der Zor, Syria, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
On February 9-11 the Armenian delegation, headed by the Armenian deputy minister of foreign affairs, Arman Kirakosyan, will leave for Syria on an official visit to take part in [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am) – The recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the US Congress will be beneficial for Turkey, said Azerbaijani MP Gudrat Hasanguliev in an interview with Day.az.
“The US Congress always blackmails Ankara for the Armenian Genocide. In that way, they want to take Turkey’s foreign policy under control. Naturally, it is not excluded that [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 4 — Armenia and Georgia will continue solving common problems, the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said on Wednesday.
“During the sessions of the Armenian-Georgian intergovernmental commission we touch upon all the issues which worry both the citizens of Armenia and Armenians of Javakhk,” the prime minister said.
These issues are touched upon both [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 4– During yesterday’s National Assembly meeting, Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduard Nalbandian once again reiterated Armenia’s position that without Nagorno-Karabakh’s participation in negotiations, an agreement in the conflict settlement process could not be reached.
“We have stated numerous times, without Nagorno-Karabakh’s participation in negotiations, it’s impossible to reach an agreement in the [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 4–Relations between Armenia and China are dynamically progressing, the Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan said during a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Armenia Hong Jiuyin. The meeting was held on the occasion of the completion of the Ambassador’s diplomatic mission.
The head of the Armenian government thanked the ambassador for the effective work [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia) – The Minister of Defense of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan, will visit France next week, the ministry’s press service revealed.
On Wednesday the Minister of Defense and the Armenian Ambassador to France, Serge Smessov, discussed the agenda of the visit.
During the discussions the two parties also touched upon some questions connected with Armenian-French communications, [...]
YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 3– The Defense Minister of Iran Ahmad Vahidi has invited his Armenian counterpart Seyran Ohanyan to visit Iran, the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry informs.
According to the statement, the official invitation to visit Iran was given by the Plenipotentiary ambassador of Iran in Armenia Seyed Ali Saghayan during the meeting [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 3–The policy adopted by Armenian authorities has had serious impacts on relations with Georgia, said Armenian National Congress Coordinator Levon Zurabyan at a press conference today.
“The Georgian President violated a more than 15-year old tradition when he declared that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue should be resolved within Azerbaijani’s territorial integrity,” Zurabyan said. ”He also [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), February 3–Ankara is sending a diplomat to Switzerland to express its concerns over the Armenian Constitutional Court’s ruling relating to the Armenia-Turkey Protocols.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry advisor, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, will leave for Berne, Switzerland tomorrow where he will meet his Swiss counterpart, Michael Ambule, and will present to him Ankara’s concerns over some [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), January 27–On January 29, upon the invitation of Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Store, Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, will go to Oslo for a brief official visit. Until then, on January 28, the Armenian minister will be in London, participating in the international conference on Afghanistan.
YEREVAN (Tert.am), January 27–In February, OSCE chair and head of Kazakhstan’s Policy Planning Committee Talgat Kaliev will visit the region, including Armenia, said Kaliev himself, while meeting with the Armenian National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasaryan, according to a press release issued by the council’s press office.
Kaliev presented the steps Kazakhstan will implement during its [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), January 27–Armenia considers Georgia to be a brotherly and friendly country and is ready to deepen relations with it, the president of Armenia Serge Sarkisian said on Tuesday at a meeting with the prime minister of Georgia, Nika Gilauri.
“We are good neighbors and we should communicate often and discuss all the questions that [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), January 26 – Nagorno-Karabakh can take part in the Armenian-Azerbaijan negotiation process, the newspaper “Azg” informs.
According to the newspaper, the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia coordinated the preamble of the document with the basic principles of settlement of the conflict in Sochi, and this preamble can contain new propositions.
An unnamed source [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia) – The president of Armenia Serge Sarkisian signed a decree appointing Oleg Yesayan as the new Ambassador to Russia, the presidential press service announced today.
Yesayan replaces Armen Smbatyan, who will now serve as the Chief Executive of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States.
Earlier Oleg Yesayan was the [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am) – Yesterday evening saw the arrival of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France), and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk in Yerevan, where they met with Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eduard Nalbandian.
According to the ministry, discussed during the [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am) — The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Monitoring Group (AGO) will hold a meeting today during which group members will discuss the results of their November 2009 visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan. A corresponding report will be presented. The approval of a resolution, as a result of the report, is [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am)–Armenian President Serge Sarkisian visited Moscow at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The two presidents met privately in Medvedev’s residence near Moscow.
During their meeting, the heads of the two strategically allied states discussed projects of cooperation planned for 2010, the future broadening of political dialogue, and the expansion of economic cooperation. Military cooperation [...]
YEREVAN (ARKA)–The adoption of a new declaration on a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can positively affect the development of negotiations, according to political scientist Alexander Makarov. He expressed his views on January 18 during a broadcast discussion titled “Armenian-Russian Relations: Results of the Visit of Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia to [...]
YEREVAN (ARKA)–A peace settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be based on the national right to self-determination, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a recent interview with Radio Liberty.
He said that it had been confirmed at the OSCE ministerial meeting in Athens that the Karabakh peace settlement should be based on the right to self-determination.
Nalbandian said that 56 [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am)–Russian President Dimitry Medvedev is expected to host Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serge Sarkisian at a trilateral meeting in Moscow in late January, a senior Turkish diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Turkish daily Today’s Zaman, reported Azerbaijani news agency APA.
“Any joint declaration, either verbally or in written form, to [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am)–Armenian President Serge Sarkisian, along with his wife, Rita Sarkisian, will go to Moscow for an official visit on January 18, upon the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
During the visit, the two state leaders will continue high-level talks, discussing issues related to cooperation between the two strategically allied countries in different spheres and [...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Turkey should not link the normalization of its relations with Armenia to further progress in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Putin also reaffirmed Moscow’s support for Turkey’s dramatic rapprochement with Armenia, his country’s main regional ally, after talks with his visiting Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip [...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has left for Moscow on a working visit, Information and Public Relations Department of the Defense Ministry informs.
Within the framework of the visit Seyran Ohanyan is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov and other officials. During the meetings reference will be made to issues related [...]
YEREVAN (AZG.am)–Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss Nagorno-Karabakh during his visit to Armenia on January 13-14, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Lavrov will meet with Armenian President Serge Sarkisian and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan.
“The focus will be the exchange of views on the continuation of negotiations on a settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh in [...]
YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow.com)–As expected, the Constitutional Court of Armenia has ruled that the Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishing diplomatic ties and bilateral relations are in accordance with the Armenian Constitution. The Court issued its finding after five hours of deliberations held behind closed-doors Tuesday afternoon.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun, which organized a picket outside the Constitutional [...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with Armenian-American organizations next month to consult on the protocols between Armenia and Turkey, announced the Armenian Assembly of America. The Assembly requested a meeting with Secretary Clinton to discuss issues of concern to the community.
“The Republic of Armenia through its President, has taken [...]
BY AMALYA GABRIELYAN
The year 2009 was rich with political and economical events that had a big importance not only for Armenia, but for the whole region as well. One of them – not an event but a process – is, of course, the first steps to the normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations.
Armenia and Turkey — two [...]
YEREVAN (Armenianow.com) — Politically speaking, every move that took place in Armenia since September 1 (and some even before) of this passing year is viewed through the prism of the Armenia-Turkey foreign policy protocols.
The passing year was marked by the Turkish-Armenian dialogue. Everything else, even the Karabakh issue, was perceived in that highlight.
The process started [...]
YEREVAN (A1 plus) – On December 24-25 the first consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the United Arab Emirates were held in Yerevan.
The Armenian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan and the UAE delegation by First Deputy Foreign Minister Tarek Al Heidan.
The consultations were held [...]
YEREVAN (Armenianow.com) — Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes Russia will have a decisive say in a solution of the long-running conflict between his country’s two South Caucasus neighbors.
“The position of Russia is the main key to the resolution of the Karabakh conflict,” Saakashvili said in an interview with Russia’s Ekho Moskvy radio station Wednesday ( [...]
YEREVAN (ARKA)–Vazgen Safarian, chairman of a presidential Public Council’s committee in charge of financial and economic issues, said today Armenia could sell $250 million worth electricity to neighboring Turkey if both countries normalized their relations.
Speaking at a news conference he said Armenian exports to Turkey may skyrocket to $300 million a year and apart from [...]
Yerevan (Panorama.am) — The Armenian-Turkish normalization process may intensify in Turkey in March or April, the director of the CIS Institute Yerevan branch Alexander Margarov indicated during a press conference yesterday.
He said that April will show whether Turkey is committed not only to reaching the next step in the negotiations but also to performing practical activities.
He [...]
Yerevan (Panorama.am) — Turkey’s FM Ahmet Davutoglu highlighted six significant messages in Turkey’s foreign policy, among them the EU, North Iraq, Iran, the US, Israel and the Armenian-Turkish normalization process, according to Hurriyet daily.
“Returning to the situation proceding the Armenian-Turkish protocols is not among the interests of any of the parties,” he said. “It would [...]
Yerevan (Tert.am) — More than 15 Azerbaijani NGOs operating in Georgia have condemned the decision by the U.S. Congress to allocate $8 million in financial aid to the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Participants of a meeting that took place in the Azerbaijani cultural center in the Georgian city of Marneuli noted that this decision by the US [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am)–During a December 17–20 visit to Armenia, 15 journalists from Turkey, making a trip to Armenian Genocide Museum, promised to view Armenian history differently, said Turkologist Artak Shakaryan, while speaking to journalists today.
The Turkish journalists laid wreaths at the Genocide Memorial, and, as Shakaryan described, they respectfully directed their questions to the Genocide Museum [...]
YEREVAN (ARKA)–Improvement of Armenian-Turkish relations would not be started, if a Karabakh-related pre-condition was put forward, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said Friday at his meeting with Turkish journalists.
“It seems people in Turkey mistakenly think that there are some parallel processes. If a precondition related to Karabakh existed, the process (Armenian-Turkish relationship improvement) wouldn’t be [...]
YEREVAN (A1 plus) – On December 21 the Ambassador of Albania to Armenia, Vili Minarolli, presented the copies of his credentials to the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian.
They discussed issues of mutual interest, attaching importance to the necessity of strengthening the political, economic and cultural ties between Armenia and Albania.
The parties agreed to hold regular consultations [...]
YEREVAN (A1 plus) – On December 21, Serge Sarkisian signed a decree appointing Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kazakhstan Vasili Ghazaryan as Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (seat in Astana).
According to another presidential decree signed on the same day, Armenia’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan Vladimir Badalyan was appointed [...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am)–The Turkish “Cumhuriyet” daily issued German “Marshal” Fund expert Ian Lesser’s remarks over the ongoing situation of the Armenian-Turkish relations and particularly the details of the Obama-Erdogan meeting. According to Lesser, the top agenda of the leaders included four main issues:
1. Afghanistan
2. Iran nuclear plan
3. Middle East peace
4. Armenian-Turkish relations normalization
Lesser highlighted that Armenian-Turkish [...]
YEREVAN (A1Plus.am)–The report entitled “Was there really an Armenian Genocide” by well-known lawyer Jeffrey Robertson was presented at the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
The meeting was organized by the British-Armenian parliamentary group, the Armenian Legal Initiative Group, the Center for International Relations of Wales and the “Nor Serund” publishing house. Participating in the [...]
YEREVAN (A1 plus)–Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian visited Akhtala town on December 16 to participate in the opening ceremony of a gas pipeline in Barit district. The district was gasified with the support of the Armenian Government and “ArmRosGasprom” Company.
Later Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian participated in the solemn ceremony of renaming Akhtala’s school #1 after [...]
(Hayinfo.Ru)–US senators Barbara Boxer and Joe Liberman, as well as congresswoman Linda Sanchez, have joined the group of legislators supporting the acceptance of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, informs the Armenian National Committee of America.
The initiative of the politicians took place in view of Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recent visit to the US.
Erdogan said after [...]
(ARMENIAN WEEKLY)–Below is the response of Armenia’s President Serge Sarkisian to the letter of IAGS President William Schabas on the issue of the historical commission due to be formed after the Turkish-Armenian protocols are ratified.
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Prof. William Schabas, Ph.D
President, International Association of Genocide Scholars
Washington, D.C.
Nov. 13, 2009
Dear Mr. Schabas,
I am grateful for your letter and the [...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev met in Munich on November 22 for their sixth face-to-face encounter this year amid lingering international hopes for a near-term solution to the Karabakh conflict. They left the four-hour meeting, partly attended by the American, French and Russian mediators, at the French General Consul’s residence there without talking [...]