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 [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 31 — Former Eskisehir Police Chief Hanefi Avci’s claims on the fact that the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was not the work of a criminal network have been met with strong reactions from lawyers representing the slain journalist’s family. Lawyers Fethiye Cetin and Arzu Becerik said it [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 14 –On Monday the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) expressed to the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee its concerns on US President Barack Obama’s intention to appoint Matthew Bryza, the former co-chairman of OSCE Minsk Group, to the post of US Ambassador in Azerbaijan. A seven-page letter was sent to each of the 19 [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), March 17 — The Armenian Ambassador to Italy, Ruben Karapetian, gave a lecture on the topic “Armenia Today” at the University of Rome “La Sapienza.” Before the beginning of the lecture,  the pro-rector of the university “La Sapienza” made a speech and stressed that Armenia is the first country in the South Caucasus [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), March 9—”The whole beauty of the document, discussed in the last five years in the Karabakh settlement lies in the fact that as a result of its implementation, Karabakh will receive an intermediate independence and security guarantees, while keeping hope of full independence in the future,” said British journalist Thomas de Waal on [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 22—”The reconciliation of the Armenian-Turkish relations serves the interests of Turkey, and Armenia’s interests are not taken into account,” historian Armen Karapetyan said. “This course is aimed to freeze the process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the whole world,”  he said at a press conference on Monday. According to the [...]