Turkish observers won't be present at Armenian parliamentary election, RA MFA saysMay 7, 2007 - 19:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There will be no Turkish observers at the Armenian May 12 parliamentary election, RA MFA Acting Spokesman Vladimir Karapetian. "Armenia and Turkey do not have diplomatic relations and that is why Turkish observers won't be present at the election," Karapetian said.May 7 Turkish media spread information that Yerevan said "no" to independent Turkish election observers working with AGIT. According to Ms. Urdur Gunnarsdottir, the spokesperson for the OSCE/ODIHR told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that invitations to observe the Armenian parliamentary election were sent to 44 states including Turkey. "The Armenian authorities rejected presence of Turkish observers. However, they have not furnished an explanation yet," she said. The RA Central Election Commission (CEC) doesn't possess any information on Yerevan's veto on arrival of Turkish observers in Armenia, CEC chairman Garegin Azaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |