ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT ON NON-PARTICIPATION IN NATO ISTANBUL SUMMIT MADE "FOR INTERNAL USE", TURKISH MF CONSIDERSMay 21, 2004 - 19:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish FM Abdullah Gul said that the Armenian President's statement regarding non-participation in the upcoming NATO Istanbul summit was made "for internal use", A. Gul briefed in Moscow after the meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. To remind, on May 10 the Armenian President's press secretary reported that Robert Kocharian will not take part in the June NATO summit in Istanbul "due to the present condition of the Armenian-Turkish relationships". Gul underscored that not Turkey but NATO initiated to hold the summit in Istanbul. "The Armenian representation in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization is functioning in Istanbul. Is Armenia going to close it too? I suppose that the President issued this non-participation statement for internal use alone", the Turkish foreign minister said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |