Stepan Safarian: EU has no clear policy on the Armenian-Turkish relationsNovember 4, 2009 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The EU has no clear policy in respect to Armenia-Turkey relations," Stepan Safaryan, head of the parliamentary faction "Heritage" told a news conference in Yerevan today. According to him, the European Union is diverse - politically, economically and culturally. According to Stepan Safaryan, such a policy could supplement an asymmetry in the relations between Armenia and Turkey and Armenia would be able to introduce certain issues between Armenia and Turkey to the European agenda. Speaking of prolonging the process of ratification of the Protocols of the Armenian-Turkish Turkish Parliament and the reaction of the EU, Stepan Safaryan said that Turkish authorities explained to the European institutions the delays with ratification of Protocols by their attempts to find consensus with the opposition to avoid internal political destabilization. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |