Expert: Turkey must cooperate with Iran and Russia on normalization with ArmeniaMarch 26, 2011 - 16:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey’s foreign policy must become more Russia, Iran and Turkic states-oriented, the former president of the Turkish Historical Society, Nationalist Movement Party’s parliamentary candidate stated. As Yusuf Halacoglu stressed, it’s time for Ankara to officially renounce the EU bid. “I can’t understand why Turkey is insisting on becoming a part of the EU, while Europe is clearly going through a regress, probably having to face a collapse in 10 years’ time. Turkey must be reasonable, attempting to form a new union with Russia, Iran and Turkic states,” the expert said, adding that Turkey would do right to cooperate with Iran and Russia concerning normalization of ties with Armenia, Sondakika reported. 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 | 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. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. 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. |