Armenian-Turkish Agreement is a correct diplomacy resultApril 27, 2009 - 23:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "ARFD-Dashnaktustyun should have waited a little before taking radical steps," Director of NAS Oriental Studies Institute Ruben Safrastyan told a news conference in Yerevan. According to Mr. Safrastyan, the Armenian-Turkish agreement is a correct diplomacy result. "By signing the document, Turkey clearly reiterated its commitment to normalize ties with Armenia without preconditions. By doing that, it actually put an end to its anti-Armenian policy. Moreover, I think Armenia is now the only South Caucasian country to enter into a dialogue with the West. This is confirmed in the US State Department report expressing satisfaction with Armenian-Turkish agreement," Mr. Safrastyan said.He also added that Turkey has now started making pro-Armenian statements, something which was impossible several years ago. "An example of that was the apology campaign resulting in the collection of 30 thousand signatures. But this forms very little percentage of pro-European intellectuals of Istanbul. The overwhelming majority of Turkish population pursues radical, Kemalist and anti-Armenian views." 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 | 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. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |