Demanding material and territorial compensation from Ankara is not realisticSeptember 18, 2009 - 20:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, demanding material and territorial compensation from Ankara is not realistic, Head of Democracy and Collaboration Institute, New York Department Andranik Mihranyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "A number of issues could be discussed in intergovernmental subcommittee frameworks. Ankara will probably raise Armenian Genocide issue, but Armenia could in its turn open a question of establishing trust atmosphere between RA and Turkish people," Andranik Mihranyan noted.According to the politologist, RA-Turkish rapprochement protocols do not preclude future discussion of territorial issues between Armenia and Turkey. "As I know, Ankara wanted the protocols to clearly stipulate that Armenia and Turkey have no territorial claims to each other," he noted. Dwelling on Woodrow Wilson's arbitral decision, Andranik Mihranyan noted that the decision has no legal force, and is unacknowledged by US Congress. "Besides, a number of agreements, including Sevre agreement, were denounced. Today we have Kars and Moscow agreements, and, in a sense, we confirm their validity." He also added that the Protocols do not include 3 preconditions Ankara set to Armenia. 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 | Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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. |