Politics

While the Armenian government praises the statement (thus the basic principles as well) of the presidents of the US, Russia and France regarding the resolution of the NKR conflict and the political forces give similar assessment to that statement, yesterday an inter-governmental agreement was signed in Ankara regarding the construction of Nabucco gas pipeline. The …

Last Friday the U.S. President Obama, Russian President Medvedev, and French President Sarkozy at the L’Aquila Summit of the G8 made a joint statement, which reads that they affirm their commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic Principles for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They urge the Presidents …

It seems that the government of Armenia has over years tried to convince the Armenian society of the possibility of giving back the liberated territories to Azerbaijan, which have been liberated at the expense of the blood of Armenian warriors. Moreover, there were rumors about the fact that the return of the two regions Shahumyan …

Prior to the meetings of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan scheduled for July 17 in Moscow, yesterday the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chair countries France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America affirm our commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic Principles for …

“Any attempt to present the Nagorno Karabakh Republic within the frameworks of Azerbaijani territorial integrity is both incomprehensible and unacceptable for us. This neglects natural development of history and life, as well as contradicts the realities of the past,” President of Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Sahakyan announced at international conference launched in Stepanakert yesterday. “The war was …

During yesterday’s press conference as an answer to the question whether he agrees that the opposition ANC is gradually fading the former Armenian NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan said that such statements are made by governmental parties. However, according to him the same thing is being done by the opposition parties. He also added that one …

Yesterday an international conference dedicated to the NKR conflict resolution and the Turkish-Armenian relations was launched in Stepanakert, organized by the central office of Hay Dat. During his opening speech ARF Bureau Representative Hrant Margaryan mentioned that in the foreign affairs “front” extremely dangerous developments are formed for Armenia. According to him the NKR conflict, …

“After the global crisis is overcome in the world Armenia will have to stay alone with its internal crisis. This internal crisis will last longer,” stated NA MP Tigran Torosyan during yesterday’s press conference. According to him, the anxious thing about the Armenian situation is that there are many negative phenomena, which were present before …

“I don’t think that Obama and Medvedev spoke about the NKR conflict. They had many other things to discuss,” told our reporter a political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan. “Armenia and the NKR are not the center of the world. And in my opinion the assumption that the two presidents would discuss the issue of the NKR …

Yesterday when speaking of the series of Aliyev-Sargsyan meetings the OSCE Minsk group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier mentioned, “We will witness a film.” We fully agree with Mr. Fassier with only one objection that all this resembles a comedy genre but not on part of Aliyev or Sargsyan but on the part of the OSCE …