  Exclusive: Armenian diplomacy gains landmark victory at BSEC summit June 27, 2012 - 12:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The declaration of the 20th Anniversary Summit of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) was finally signed in Istanbul on June 26 after Azerbaijan was forced to remove all of its amendments from the text of the document. As a diplomatic source told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Turkey’s high-ranking officials, under the pressure of the European Union, succeeded in persuading Baku to withdraw its politically motivated provisions, as the Armenian delegation would never sign the document detrimental to Yerevan. The amendments were removed one by one, while the Turkish officials were negotiating with both the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations, according to the source. Partner news  Top stories Alexander Lukashenko “hates mediating roles” but can assume one to promote resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “What’s really dangerous and ridiculous is Azeri blacklist which includes all those who travel to Artsakh,” David Babayan said. During the anti-government protests in Turkey, police officers entered an Armenian cemetery in Sisli district of Istanbul. Azerbaijan fired over 1500 shots from various caliber weapons towards Karabakh positions, NKR defense army said.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
