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OBAMA INVITED SERZH SARGSYAN

RA President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The conversation was held on the initiative of Armenian side, RA Presidential press service informed.
10:38:33 - 13/03/2010

SERGE SARGSYAN MET WITH POLISH PREMIER

Today, Serge Sargsyan received the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tuski and his delegation currently in Armenia on a working visit.
16:50:17 - 12/03/2010

UNTIL NKR IS RECOGNIZED

In the process of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the transitional status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined, said the French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier during a NATO PA seminar “Rose Road” in Yerevan.
15:40:42 - 12/03/2010

CONGRESS DOES NOT ACCEPT

The Armenian National Congress met with the OSCE PA Chairman Joao Soaresh and the OSCE special envoy on the Karabakh issue Goran Lenmarker, said the HAK coordinator Levon Zurabyan.
15:30:35 - 12/03/2010

MUSLIM CONGRESSMAN EXPLAINED HIS VOTE

The only Muslim Congressman in the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations, Kit Ellison, explained the Turks the reason why he voted in support of the resolution on the Armenian genocide.
12:33:56 - 12/03/2010

OMABA AGAINST ISLAMIC WORLD?

1news.az asked the head of the Russian office of The Heritage Foundation (U.S.) Yevgeny Volkov to comment on the opinion that the Obama administration, unlike the Bush one, takes up quite evident steps to worsen the U.S. relation with the Islamic world.
12:28:15 - 12/03/2010

TURKEY AND SWEDEN IN GENOCIDE ROW

Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament voted narrowly to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in World War I. The Turkish government condemned the resolution, saying it was 'based upon major errors and without foundation'.
12:16:16 - 12/03/2010

SOARESH WILL LEAVE FOR STEPANAKERT

In the NKR permanent representation to Armenia, a meeting between the Chair of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soaresh and the OSCE PA Special Envoy on Karabakh issue Goran Lenmarker with the Speaker of the Karabakh parliament Ashot Gulyan took place.
11:51:21 - 12/03/2010

FACING UP TO HISTORY

Not for the first time, Armenians sense a moment of vindication in their struggle for the acknowledgment of the tragedy that befell their forebears during the First World War.
11:44:07 - 12/03/2010

RECOGNITION: IN EXCHANGE OF WHAT?

On March 4, the U.S. House committee voted in favour of the resolution of the Armenian genocide. On March 11, a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide was adopted in the Parliament of Sweden. Probably, Spain will adopt such a resolution too, other countries are not ruled out either.
11:25:26 - 12/03/2010

SWEDISH PARLIAMENT RECOGNIZED

Majority of Swedish parliament voted in favor of resolution describing the mass killings of Armenians and other Christian minorities in modern Turkey by the end of World War I as genocide, Swedish media say.
09:34:24 - 12/03/2010

Turkey recalls ambassador from Sweden over Armenian genocide vote

ANKARA, March 11 (RIA Novosti). Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Sweden for consultations after the Swedish parliament approved a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire, local media reported.
09:32:15 - 12/03/2010

DEPUTIES POINTED OUT TO SOARESH THE NEED TO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZE NKR

Today, the head of the Heritage board Armen Martirosyan, the head of the faction Styopa Safaryan, the secretary Larisa Alaverdyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan and Anahit Bakhshyan met with the OSCE PA delegation headed by the chair Joao Soaresh.
17:35:17 - 11/03/2010

MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO ARRIVE IN THE END OF MARCH

The official representative of the Russian foreign ministry Andrey Nesterenko said that the Minsk group co-chairs are planning to visit the region in the end of March to try to bring the positions of the parties closer.
17:24:15 - 11/03/2010

ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER

In Yerevan, on March 11, the OSCE PA Special Representative Goran Lenmarker stated that the Karabakh issue is not frozen because people from both parties die every year.
16:06:19 - 11/03/2010

LENMARKER: NOT SO INDEPENDENT TO IGNORE

The biggest achievement of the Armenian nation is its independence not only for Armenia but also for the Diaspora. The OSCE PA Special Envoy Goran Lenmarker said in Yerevan.
15:10:20 - 11/03/2010

WHO HAS NO POLITICAL WILL

“The Armenian party showed political will and it is not only my impression but of all who follow the process”, said the OSCE PA Special Envoy Goran Lenmarker.
15:07:43 - 11/03/2010

AZERBAIJAN IS WAITING FOR ARMENIA’S RESPONSE

During a press conference in Baku, the Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mamdeyarov said that they are waiting for Armenia’s response in relation to the updated principles of Madrid.
13:08:22 - 11/03/2010

GEORGIA WILL MAKE INVESTMENTS OF 108 MILLION IN JAVAKHK

The Georgian ambassador to Armenia, Grigol Tabatadze said on March 11 that if the point is about two neighboring countries, there will always be various problems because they have a common border.
12:48:40 - 11/03/2010

UPPER LARS IS FOR ARMENIA

March 11, the Georgian ambassador to Armenia Grigol Tabatadze, dwelling on the opening of the Upper Lars checkpoint, said that Georgia did it for its friend and does not have any financial interest.
12:38:55 - 11/03/2010

NO BULLET THROUGH UPPER LARS

The Georgian ambassador to Armenia Grigol Tabatadze stated today that the rumors that Russia is going to provide its military base situated in Gyurmi with weapons through the Upper Lars checkpoint are not true.
11:38:40 - 11/03/2010

SERGE SARGSYAN’S MEETINGS IN FRANCE

On March 10, within the frameworks of his official visit to France, Serge Sargsyan met with the head of the French Senate Gerar Larches’.
10:55:34 - 11/03/2010

LENMARKER: TIME TO MAKE A DECISION IN THE NKR ISSUE

The special envoy on the NKR issue currently in Tbilisi Goran Lenmarker said the time to make a serious decision concerning the NKR conflict came.
18:02:14 - 09/03/2010

TOM DE WAAL PREFERS BAKU SHOPS

Baku seems to turn into the Caspian Dubai, it grows at rampant pace, its luxury stores are better than in Yerevan. March 9, said in Yerevan, the British expert Thomas de Waal.
17:55:24 - 09/03/2010

TOM DE WAAL DWELLS ON DANGER OF WAR

British expert, Thomas de Waal, engaged in the study of the NKR conflict, says on March 9 in Yerevan that the NKR issue is a problem of statehood and philosophical character.
17:51:08 - 09/03/2010

TOM DE WAAL: IN BAKU THEY ARE WOUNDED

The British expert, a famous person in relation with the NKR issue study, author of a book entitled “Black Garden” concerning Karabakh, Thomas de Vaal presented before the Armenian audience.
17:30:19 - 09/03/2010

POLISH PREMIER TO VISIT ARMENIA

The Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the newly-appointed Polish ambassador to Armenia Zdislav Rachinski.
16:26:02 - 09/03/2010

PEACE OR MILITARY WAY

Apparently, the promise of the world force centers to carry the NKR issue settlement parallel with the Armenian and Turkish process comes true.
15:57:34 - 09/03/2010

PROBLEMS TO INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION IN THE AGENDA

Member of the RP faction Artak Zakaryan and independent MP Koryun Nahapetyan, who attended the discussion of resolution 252 in the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations, shared their impressions.
15:35:20 - 09/03/2010

NALBANDYAN MET WITH LAVROV IN MOSCOW

The Armenian foreign minister currently in Moscow on a working visit met with his Russian counterpart Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.
15:19:34 - 09/03/2010

SERGE SARGSYAN’S VISIT TO FRANCE

On March 9-11, Serge Sargsyan will leave for France on an official visit. The press service of the president reports that the Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan, the minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, the NA member, head of the Armenian-French friendship Ara Babloyan are also in the Armenian delegation leaving for France.
13:04:07 - 09/03/2010

TURKEY SHOULD PAUSE BEFORE A MIRROR

Amid the finger-pointing, let's recall how Turkey helped push the US Congress committee toward its vote on Armenian genocide.
12:56:40 - 09/03/2010

MEANS TO REPRESS TURKEY

The adoption of the resolution on the Armenian genocide by the U.S. House committee is to be commanded. This is the opinion of the member of the Heritage faction Larisa Alaverdyan.
12:51:14 - 09/03/2010

NEW OSCE/ODIHR REPORT

Post-election trials reveal shortcomings in Armenia’s justice system, new OSCE/ODIHR report says
09:55:11 - 09/03/2010

CATALONIA RECOGNIZED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

On February 26, the parliament of the Spanish Catalonia Community unanimously recognized the Armenian genocide.
17:51:28 - 05/03/2010

TURKEY SEEKS FOR RUSSIA’S HELP

The Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Davutoglu stated today that a Turkish delegation composed of high-ranking Turkish officials left for Moscow.
17:42:15 - 05/03/2010

CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE TO TAKE PLACE IN ARMENIA

NATO conducts its annual crisis management exercise. The scenario for this exercise is wide including natural disasters, terror and war.
16:25:41 - 05/03/2010

WHO IS THE CLAIMANT?

Many experts argue that the chances of adoption of Resolution 252 in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress are not so high. And if Congress, nevertheless, puts to the vote and will vote 'against', it will be a strong moral blow to the Armenian people.
16:08:22 - 05/03/2010

DAVUTOGLU: US INTERFERENCE COMPLICATED THE NORMALIZATION PROCESS

Turkey's foreign minister on Friday demanded a clear stance from the United States on the Turkish-Armenian normalization process after a congressional panel approved an Armenian genocide resolution.
14:29:25 - 05/03/2010

FIGHT OF LOBBIES

ARF Member of Parliament, head of the NA Commission on Foreign Relations, Armen Rustamyan says there was a war of lobbies in the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations.
12:56:24 - 05/03/2010

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE BILL?

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives adopted Resolution 252 on the recognition of the Armenian genocide. This fact arouses much excitement in Armenia and within the Diaspora.
12:05:35 - 05/03/2010

TURKISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS US CONGRESSIONAL VOTE

Turkey condemned US congressional vote labeling the 1915 killings of Armenians as genocide and recalled its ambassador to Washington for consultations.
11:00:14 - 05/03/2010

STATEMENT OF ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

We highly appreciate the decision by the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives to adopt Resolution 252 on the recognition of the Armenian genocide.
09:47:39 - 05/03/2010

GENOCIDE BILL PASSES

With a vote of 23 to 22, the House Foreign Relations Committee successfully passed House Resolution 252 (H. Res. 252) pushing the Resolution in Congress for a final vote yet to be scheduled.
09:41:40 - 05/03/2010

KARABAKH AND ABKHAZIA RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER

Does the fact that the NKR president Bako Sahakyan participated in the swearing-in ceremony of the Abkhazian president Sergey Bagapsh mean that Abkhazia and South Ossetia will recognize Karabakh and Karabakh will recognize their independence?
15:00:28 - 04/03/2010

WHAT NKR STANCE IS

The head of the NKR parliamentary commission on foreign relations Vahram Atanesyan, on March 4, in Yerevan, made several statements in connection with the NKR parliament’s position relating to the NKR issue settlement.
14:55:29 - 04/03/2010

MFA, NEVERTHELESS, MADE PROPOSALS

Armenia, nevertheless, sent its proposals on the updated principles of Madrid to OSCE. The Director of the Center of Political Studies Garnik Isagulyan stated about it today.
14:42:14 - 04/03/2010

WHAT GARNIK ISAGULYAN WANTED TO SAY

The head of the Center of Political Studies under the RA president Garnik Isagulyan stated today that from the point of the national security, the Armenian and Turkish relations are a new way, new infrastructures, and new relations.
14:33:31 - 04/03/2010

FAILURE FOR THE WHOLE TURKISH WORLD

The head of the Turkish TURKSAM Strategic Center Sinan Ohan in an interview with 1news.az did not rule out that the resolution on the Armenian genocide will pass all the levels of discussion and will be adopted by the U.S. Congress.
13:24:31 - 04/03/2010

A NEW ARMENIAN ENVOY APPOINTED TO THE ARAB LEAGUE

On March 3, Serge Sargsyan signed a decree on the removal of Ruben Karapetyan from the post of Armenian Envoy to the Arab League.
11:32:11 - 04/03/2010

FIGHT FOR JEWISH VOTES

Today, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Congress’s House of Representatives is going to vote for the resolution 252 condemning the Armenian genocide.
11:27:55 - 04/03/2010

AN AZERBAIJANI SU-25 CRASHED

Yesterday, at about 17 o’clock, an Azerbaijani SU-25 military aircraft crashed during a training flight. Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan states. As a result of the accident, the pilot died.
11:07:02 - 04/03/2010

MET WITH MARTENS

Yesterday, Serge Sargsyan met with the delegation of the European Democratic Party headed by the leader of the party Wilfred Martens. Serge Sargsyan said that we consider ourselves Europeans and strive to live in accordance with their system of values.
10:56:52 - 04/03/2010

OBAMA RECOGNIZED THE GENOCIDE

The Council of the Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia in view of the US President Barack Obama’s Statement on April 24, 2009 and the forthcoming voting on Armenian Genocide Resolution in the US Congress states as follows:
19:26:49 - 03/03/2010

6 BILLION EUROS FOR TURKEY

In an official report, of 54 pages, published by the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg entitled “Management, by the European Community, from assistance of pre-accession in favour of Turkey”, we learn that Turkey profits from year 2002 to 2013, of a financial support of more than 6 Billion Euros poured by the European Community.
16:27:02 - 03/03/2010

 

 

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