Politics

Today in Zurich the ceremony of singing the Turkey-Armenia protocols will take place, which is an event of international significance. Perhaps the reason is important because not only the foreign affairs ministers of Turkey and Armenia will take place but also as confirmed yesterday – the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton. Today the latter is …

– What risks do you see for Armenia in the current stage of Armenian-Turkish relations and in the pre-signed protocols? – I don’t know whether I see the same risks as the others do. Of course, it is natural to wish to have normal relations with Turkey as a neighboring country. But the problem is …

Protocols And PreconditionsBy Raffi K. Hovannisian The history of the Armenian people has been an ordeal of suffering, tragedy, and genocide. In this millennial series of misfortunes, however, never has the nation invited destruction upon itself.   But today it stands at the brink, with a small group of improperly elected leaders apparently racing toward …

Nikolai Zlobin is the director of the Russian and Asian projects of the World Security Institute in Washington. His research and recommendations are considered by the White House and US Department of State, and during his visits to Russia he is usually a weekend guest of Vladimir Putin or president Medvedev. This year he published …

Dear compatriots: For the past several months the attention of Armenia and the Armenians worldwide was focused on the ongoing process of the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and in particular the two initialed Protocols. All parts and layers of the Armenian nation answered our call to open a public debate on the documents and …

According to the White House, the US president called the president of Armenia while he was in Los-Angeles on Monday. According to the official statement, the US president called Serzh Sargsyan to encourage his brave management and encourage him to continue the process of developing relations with Turkey. “President Obama affirmed the position of the …

Turkish president Abdullah Gull has called on foreign scientists to be involved in the commission of historians envisaged by the protocols to be signed between Turkey and Armenia. “There are different allegations about what happened one hundred years ago. It is clear that people who don’t know what happened, where and how, cannot make a …

“The Diaspora has never reacted to the Armenian government like this. It is a great tragedy when the artillery of other countries is standing between the Armenian president and our Diaspora compatriots,” said former speaker of the parliament Tigran Torosyan to our correspondent when commenting on president Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to the Armenian Diaspora centers …

The opposition to the protocols between Armenia and Turkey is growing not only in the Diaspora, but in Armenia as well. A unity of 12 political powers from Armenia came up with a joint announcement against signing the documents, approving by the parliament and compromising Karabakh. The people of the Armenian Diaspora were so angry …

The RA president Serzh Sargsyan has received an invitation from the Turkish president Abdullah Gull to visit Turkey to watch the soccer match between the Turkish and Armenian teams. The presidents’ spokesman Samvel Pharmanyan has approved this information as well. The soccer match between the teams of Armenia and Turkey will take place in Bursa …