Politics

According to the director of the Politika foundation Vyacheslav Nikonov the Russian Federation approaches the issue regulation of the Armenian-Turkish relations with consciousness by thinking that in this case Armenia will fortify its strategic depth. In his opinion Armenia will have a chance to quickly come out from the difficult geopolitical context because certain neighboring …

– Mr. Grigoryan, it is indisputable what advantages the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border will bring. In your opinion, what is the price that Armenia is going to pay for that? – Let’s just speak about what price Turkey will pay. The price that Turkey pays at present is high even for a powerful country …

Azerbaijan has three demands and it will agree with the issue of opening the Armenian-Turkish border only after these three demands are satisfied. Such information has been published by the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper. The newspaper cited an Azeri diplomat and wrote all the mentioned three demands were connected with taking the Armenian armed forces out …

Yesterday the analytical center of the famous “Economist” magazine released a report, according to which the “social discontent in Armenia is a serious hazard for the incumbent government.” The experts of the “Economist” came to this conclusion after examining the economic situation and level of political stability of Armenia, including the social imbalance, corruption and …

Yesterday at 06:00 PM the police cordoned off Northern Avenue. The press service of the Armenian National Congress reports that they have detained 8 citizens, including the coordinator of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan. After the court trial of political detainees Alexander Arzumanyan and Souren Sirunyan, on the eve of the Yerevan Mayor elections, …

Yesterday Marie Anne Isler Béguin, the head of the European Parliament delegation for cooperation with Armenia told that some time ago they were planning to go to the Armenian-Turkish border and meet with Turkish colleagues but “we were advised to be more restrained and let the Armenian-Turkish relations develop on their own and only then …

“I don’t think we are in a deadlock. I think there is the chance to resolve the NKR conflict in a peaceful way. I am sure of that otherwise wouldn’t run the presidential elections,” several days ago said the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan during his interview with a German professor Tillman Alert. “I will …

According to the former foreign affairs minister of Armenia, chairman of the Civilitas foundation Vartan Oskanyan at this stage we should rely on the process of regulation of the Armenian-Turkish relations, in which Armenia is involved. During the conversation with Radio Liberty, by commenting on the current negotiation process of regulation of relations between Turkey …

On Sunday late night the US president Barack Obama arrived in Ankara. Indeed the expectations of Armenians related to the visit of Obama to Turkey are connected with the issue of whether Obama will utter the word genocide and possibility of opening the Armenian-Turkish frontier. And yesterday the US president stated in Ankara, what should …

Yesterday President Serzh Sargsyan had a phone conversation with the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev. During the conversation, Dmitri Medvedev informed Sargsyan about the questions discussed at the G-20 summit and about the reached agreements. The presidents dwelt on questions concerning the Armenian and Russian bilateral political relations and the economic cooperation. In the course of …