  Relations with Turkey should be normalized without preconditions, Yerevan insistsNovember 22, 2008 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on November 24, on the initiative of the Turkish MFA."The Ministers will focus on possibilities to normalize the Armenian-Turkish relations. By saying normalization, we mean establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of borders without preconditions," RA MFA media relations division head Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net Minister Nalbandian will be in Istanbul to attend a meeting of the BSEC Secretariat. Turkey broke off diplomatic relations and closed the border with Armenia in 1993 over the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh.   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 |  Related sections Latest 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.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. |
