Silence of the Foreign Ministry: Turkmen President to visit Armenia?November 1, 2012 - 18:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Several media outlets, especially Azerbaijani ones, reported November 1 that President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow will discuss bilateral cooperation during his upcoming visit to Armenia. PanARMENIAN.Net reporter addressed Armenian Foreign Ministry with a request to clarify the information. “We will inform about high-ranking officials’ visits to Armenia in due time,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said. Thus, Azerbaijani media appear to be better informed of high-level officials’ upcoming visits to Yerevan, than Armenian ones. On November 5 during a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev conveyed Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow’s readiness visit Yerevan, with the date not specified. 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. |