President's tour - just a component in Armenian-Turkish processOctober 5, 2009 - 20:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "During discussions on Armenian-Turkish ties, Armenian President revealed the essence of Armenian-Turkish Protocols," said Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) Executive Director Brian Arduni. President, according to him, listened to each Diaspora representative's opinion. "Serzh Sargsyan explained that Protocols bore no relationship to either Armenian Genocide or Karabakh conflict," Ardunyan said, adding that Armenian Genocide issue was not subject to discussion, and Diaspora had no intention to renounce claims to Karabakh. "Discussions are just a component in the process," Arduni noted, highly appreciating RA President's initiative. 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 | 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |