Politics

Press digest according to Nalbandyan

13.04.2010

“The regulation of the Armenian-Turkish relations requires the will of the heads of the two states; in order to ratify the protocols it is necessary to preclude the actions of the Diaspora and jointly speak about the Minsk Group process,” according to the Turkish Sabah newspaper the Premier of Turkey Erdogan should pass on the …

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Presence of political prisoners indisputable

13.04.2010

The president of the Federation of International Defense of Human Rights (FIDH) Souhayr Belhassen had a number of meetings in Armenia, including with the president.  “I met the president of the country with a simple purpose; he had to listen to my message to set the political prisoners free, investigate the conditions of the death of people …

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He does not agree

13.04.2010

“I don’t think Serzh Sargsyan may sign the document suggested for the settlement of Karabakh conflict. Generally he should escape from signing any documents concerning the liberated lands. From this point of view I don’t agree with Levon Ter-Petrosyan,” said the coordinator of Defense of Liberated Lands initiative Zhirayr Sefilyan to tert.am when commenting on …

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Obstacle

13.04.2010

On April 7 the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan met with the envoy of the European Union on enlargement and neighborhood Stefan Fule. During the meeting they discussed the EU-Armenia cooperation, as well as issues concerning Armenia-Turkey relations and Karabakh conflict. They also discussed the situation of human rights and democracy in Armenia, specifically …

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What will Obama say?

13.04.2010

During the global nuclear summit on April 11 the US president Barack Obama and the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan will have a meeting. The Turkish PM Rejep Tayip Erdogan will take part in summit too. The US president’s invitation is discussed not only in the societies of Armenia and Turkey, but the international community as …

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What is the ANC inclined to?

08.04.2010

On April 6 the regular rally of the Armenian National Congress will take place near the Matenadaran, which will be followed by a march. The city council of Yerevan permitted both the rally and the march despite the fact that the ANC had decided to hold the rally even without the city council’s permission. The …

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He will not return

05.04.2010

“I don’t think anyone wants Robert Kocharyan to return. He is the person who appears in Iran or France when Serzh Sargsyan is there too. He works for the Russian business. Unlike the fears, Kocharyan will not return,” says the head of the Institute for National and International Studies Richard Giragossian in answer to our …

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Station for two

05.04.2010

The president’s office spokesman Armen Arzumanyan says president Serzh Sargsyan has accepted the US president Barack Obama’s invitation to take part in the nuclear secutiry summit to in Washington on April 12-13. By “coincidence” this announcement was released at the same time when the Turkish media published information writing that the Turkish PM Rejep Tayyip …

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He is for the return

05.04.2010

“I have always been for open politics. It will be better if Kocharyan acts in open politics rather than under the shadow, from the opposite side or from home. In fact it is the problem of the RPA whether Kocharyan will be back to politics or no. I don’t see any problems here. The RPA …

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Impunity

05.04.2010

“Many people have been beaten up by the police, were subject of violence, torturing, and the police, in order to escape from punishment, without any justified grounds accused the people, who were suffered parties, under the article 316, which will let them come to an agreement, i.e. the police will stop the criminal proceedings if …

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