Ruben Safrastyan: Turkey, Israel to maintain diplomatic relationsJune 7, 2010 - 11:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey and Israel will maintain diplomatic relations, according to prof. Ruben Safrastyan, director of RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies. “The two countries are just ‘flexing muscles’. It’s hard to say how much things may worsen but relations will not be severed completely,” he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “As to reanimated debate on the Armenian Genocide in Israel, it’s a mere political move. Israel knows how to press Turkey and the Armenian Genocide issue is a perfect leverage in this case,” prof. Safrastyan said. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |