  Armenia and Turkey not ready to normalize relations March 5, 2010 - 15:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - These steps of the U.S. legislators and Turkey’s reaction make obvious the unpreparedness of the Armenian-Turkish normalization and its dependency not on interests of Armenian and Turkish societies, but on external forces, Andrei Areshev , Deputy Director general of Strategic Culture Foundation told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his opinion, now it is high time to wait, rethink the situation, develop new approaches, since obviously the Zurich Protocols will not be ratified. "Accordingly conversations about the link between Armenian-Turkish normalization and the Karabakh conflict resolution on the conditions preferential to Azerbaijan are losing any ground," Areshev stressed. On March 4 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.252) by 23 votes “in favour” and with 22 votes "against". After the vote in the appropriate committee, the resolution will be sent to the House of Representatives for a final vote.   Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.   Partner news |  Latest news Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide  Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. |
