Relations with Turkey should be normalized without preconditions, Yerevan insistsNovember 22, 2008 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on November 24, on the initiative of the Turkish MFA."The Ministers will focus on possibilities to normalize the Armenian-Turkish relations. By saying normalization, we mean establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of borders without preconditions," RA MFA media relations division head Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net Minister Nalbandian will be in Istanbul to attend a meeting of the BSEC Secretariat. Turkey broke off diplomatic relations and closed the border with Armenia in 1993 over the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Politico: Belarus delivered advanced weapons to Azerbaijan in 2018-2022 Belarus delivered advanced weapons to Armenia’s enemy even though both countries were supposedly allies in a defense pact. Armenian govt. approves ratification of EAEU-Iran free trade deal At a meeting on Friday, June 14, the Armenian government approved the ratification of an EAEU free trade agreement with Iran. Deputy U.S. Secretary of State to arrive in Yerevan Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will travel to Yerevan, Armenia from June 17-19 to. Armenia will leave Russian-led military bloc, says Pashinyan Armenia will leave the Russian-led Collective Security Organization, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, without giving any dates. |