Politics

10 million +1. It’s better than worse

05.02.2010

– On Monday the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia met in Sochi to discuss the issue of Karabakh. As usual the presidents have agreed to continue the negotiations. It is more than 16 years that the parties are negotiating to resolve the conflict but the conflict is still pending. Do you think there is …

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Will the conflict move to Yerevan?

05.02.2010

The conflict broke up between the representatives of the Armenian opposition parties Heritage and Dahsnaktsutyun Zaruhi Postanjyan and Armen Rustamyan, who are delegates in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, threatens to move to the inter-party arena. Let us remember that due to the key role of the head of the Armenian delegation …

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Nothing depends on us anymore

05.02.2010

“This is going to be the first April 24th, where the decisions of Armenians will have minimum influence. Everything depends on what the US and Turkey will negotiate in order to resolve their issues,” said the former foreign affairs minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan during his interview to our reporter. This statement was made as …

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Turkey wants to get more

05.02.2010

– Mr. Oskanyan, what do you think about the fact that the parties have agreed the preamble of the Karabakh conflict settlement in Sochi? Does it mean that if everything is not agreed it means nothing is agreed? – This principle is for difficult issues such as the issue of Karabakh, where in documents every …

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Consented on the preamble

30.01.2010

Yesterday in Sochi the meeting of the Presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia took place around the resolution of the NKR conflict. The meeting took place in the Sochi residence of the Russian President. The meeting also hosted the foreign affairs ministers of the three countries. According to the official press release after the meeting, …

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“Turkey is the decider”

30.01.2010

The US State Department welcomed a controversial ruling by Armenia’s Constitutional Court, effectively dismissing Turkey’s claims that it runs counter to the Turkish-Armenian fence-mending agreements. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon viewed the court decision as a positive step forward in the ratification process of the normalization protocols between Turkey and Armenia “The …

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Gas for lands?

27.01.2010

The presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia will have a meeting in Sochi on Monday, during which it is not excluded that a document may be signed. While the Armenian party is discussing the details of the break in the Armenian-Turkish relations, new processes are happening to the Azerbaijani-Russian relations which may have a direct …

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Sent a letter

24.01.2010

Yesterday the legal successors of the victims of the March 1-2 events of 2008 sent a letter to the members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Commission by petitioning them to provide the presence of a representative of the Heritage party Zaruhi Postanjyan in all the PACE sessions related to Armenia. They are petitioning to …

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Two slaps in two weeks

24.01.2010

Yesterday well-known and respected Human Rights Watch organization released a report, which mildly said implies criticism addressed to the Armenian authorities. “The Armenian authorities have yet to ensure meaningful investigations into excessive use of police force during March 2008 clashes with opposition supporters protesting alleged fraud in the previous month’s presidential election, and address related …

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Got stunned

24.01.2010

Yesterday by the initiative of the Armenian side a telephone conversation was held between the foreign affairs ministers of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandyan and Ahmet Davutoglu, during which the parties discussed the complaints of the foreign affairs ministry of Turkey regarding the January 12 verdict of the Constitutional Court of Armenia. Let’s remember that …

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