By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 17 — “The statements Turkey makes regarding the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide are feeble and hollow,” Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said. “This bill has nothing to do with the regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations. If there is one thing hindering the regulation, then it’s official Turkey’s [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 13 – U.S. continues to encourage normalization between Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said delivering a speech at the Korber Foundation on January 11. Gordon also stressed that joint efforts with the EU and other international partners have achieved progress. “Our ongoing engagement [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 28 – Well-known Turkish publicist Mehmet Ali Birand urged Arnkara to ratify Armenian-Turkish Protocols signed in 2009 in Zurich. According to the Turkish publicist, Turkey shouldn’t have sacrificed itself to the interests of the Azerbaijani side seeing as the West continues “blackmailing Ankara over the Armenian Genocide recognition.” “The Protocols [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 21 – On November 22-23 a conference of Armenian and Turkish entrepreneurs will take place at the Hrazdan Hotel in Yerevan. The event is organized by the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia as part of the “Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement” project, supported by the United States Agency for [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, November 15 — “The normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations is impossible unless the Republic of Armenia leaves Nagorno Karabakh and withdraws its groundless statements against Turkey,” said Sinan Ogan, the founder and the chairman of Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis. He also referred to the ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 31 — On August 30-31 the Armenian President Serge Sarkisian took part in the meeting between the MFA of the Republic of Armenia and the heads of diplomatic representative bodies of Armenia, the press service of the President reports. The Armenian President spoke about relations with Turkey. According to him, [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, March 31 — Switzerland is ready to support Armenia and Turkey for reopening the process of establishing bilateral dialogue, the President of Switzerland Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Thursday during the joint press conference with the Armenian President Serge Sarkisian. According to her, Switzerland’s intervention in the process was over in October [...]
