Armenia and Diaspora need confidential dialogueOctober 1, 2009 - 14:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italian Armenians' Union has the same concerns over RA-Turkish rapprochement as other Diaspora representatives, Italian Armenians' Union Chairman Payqar Svazlyan told a news conference in Italy. According to him, Diaspora does not understand the new policy of RA, so Armenian Government has to provide more detail explanations of its actions."The dialogue between RA and Diaspora will help us understand why Armenia chose this way," Payqar Svazlyan noted, adding that negative attitude towards Turkey, accumulated for many years, can't be eliminated in a couple of days. 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 | 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. |