Powerful Turkey Party creates Armenia-Turkey friendship groupOctober 18, 2010 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Powerful Turkey Party created an Armenia-Turkey friendship group, the party leader Tuna Beklevic stated. The 500-member group aims at promotion of Armenia-Turkey rapprochement. “I have made two visits to Yerevan this year and met with number of civil society representatives, politicians, and media people. After those visits we decided to establish a friendship group between the people of Armenia and Turkey, especially among the youth,” the head of the party’s PR department, Baybars Orsek told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “In that sense we organized a workshop in Istanbul on June 2010 and now we will be making the second workshop in Yerevan among the young political party members of both countries. In order to bring people together who are into the better relations and opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey we started a Facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/opentheborder,” he said. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |