Main Thing for Turkish Armenians is Not to Harm Relations with GovernmentDecember 16, 2006 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Archbishop Mesrop Mutafian must make a statement in the name of the Armenian community of Istanbul, since he is the leader of the community, commented Ruben Safrastian, the head of the Oriental Studies Institute of NAS (National Academy of Sciences) to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist on Archbishop's letter to the EU leaders. The letter says that it is necessary to continue the negotiations with Turkey. In Safrastian's words, the main thing for the Armenian Constantinople Eparchy is not to harm the relations with Turkish government. At the same time he stressed that Turkey's policy towards Armenia is a policy of expectancy. "Turkey thinks that Armenia sooner or later will agree to normalize the Turkish-Armenian relations without preconditions, the most important of which is the acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. I want to remind that in 1991 Turkish President Süleyman Demirel recognized Armenia's independence, underlining that he does not recognize the foreign policy course of the country aimed at international acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide," underscored the head of the Oriental Studies Institute of NAS. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |