  Armenia may block Azerbaijan's membership to WTOJuly 3, 2007 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will present its stance on Azerbaijan's membership to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated. "We will certainly make our presence felt. One-sided restriction that Azerbaijan creates in front of Armenia in the framework of international organizations, are unacceptable. And I think the WTO must by all means touch upon this issue," Vartan Oskanian said, "Novosti-Armenia" reports. Armenia is a WTO member-state since 2003. It is necessary to gather the absolute majority for the candidate countries to be accepted in the World Trade Organization.   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 |  Related sections Latest news 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.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
