BY KHATCHIG MOURADIAN BEIRUT, Lebanon (Armenian Weekly), June 9—I have been following with horror the news on the Israeli attack on the flotilla of ships carrying aid to Gaza. The outrage here in Lebanon and the Arab world is palpable. What is even more evident is the pride with which people here speak about Turkey’s [...]

BY DAVID BOYAJIAN Woodrow Wilson, the 28th American president, is looking down in horror at what the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC; WilsonCenter.org) is doing in his name. Most Americans are not aware of the DC-based organization, or that their taxes comprise one-third of its multi-million dollar annual budget. The WWC was created [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), May 13–Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke of progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and voiced support for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations on Wednesday during an official visit to Ankara that cemented his country’s growing ties with Turkey. Medvedev appeared to sidestep implicit Turkish calls for a stronger Russian pressure on Armenia which [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), May 12—Moscow and Ankara want to contribute to achieving stability in the Caucasus region and, in particular, solving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed this at a press conference summarizing the talks with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul. “Both Russia and Turkey are interested in achieving stability in the Caucasus region [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), April 22–Armenia will not walk away from its historic agreements with Turkey for now and is only suspending their parliamentary ratification despite Ankara’s refusal to unconditionally normalize bilateral ties, President Serge Sarkisian said late Thursday. In a keenly anticipated address to the nation, Sarkisian said he has decided not to withdraw Yerevan’s signature [...]

BY DR. HENRY D. ASTARJIAN Shame on you Hillary. Shame on you! If this is too harsh or impolite, it is not unprecedented in politically correct situations. You used it to highlight a lie or distortion of facts by the Obama camp during the recent Democratic primaries. In doing so, you set an example for [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), March 19–A senior US official has reiterated Washington’s calls for Armenia and Turkey to quickly and unconditionally ratify their US-brokered agreements to normalize bilateral relations. According to US Assistant Secretary of State Phillip Gordon, President Barack Obama conveyed the same message to his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, in a phone conversation earlier this month. [...]