Posts Tagged ‘ Turkish-Armenian rapprochement ’

Yerevan to Announce Decision on Turkey

Apr 22nd, 2010 | Category: Featured News

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), April 21–President Serge Sarkisian will address the nation on Thursday to announce a promised crucial decision on the future of Armenia’s frozen normalization agreements with Turkey, his office said on Wednesday. In a written statement, the presidential press service said Sarkisian discussed that decision at a special meeting with the top state officials [...]



Armenian Embassy to Open in Madrid

Mar 2nd, 2010 | Category: Politics

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 [...]



Approval of Protocols By Armenian Parliamentary Committee Expected

Feb 19th, 2010 | Category: Lead Article

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), February 19–A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) opposed to the fence-mending agreements with Turkey expects a key parliament committee headed by him to approve of the two protocols signed between Yerevan and Ankara last year. Armen Rustamian told a press conference in Yerevan on Thursday that “as things stand now” [...]



Normalization of Armenian-Turkish Ties May Take Years

Feb 9th, 2010 | Category: Politics

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 [...]