Yerevan hopes agreements reached with Turkey will be implementedOctober 30, 2023 - 17:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan hopes for the implementation of agreements reached by the special envoys of Armenia and Turkey, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a meeting of the standing committees of the National Assembly on the draft state budget for 2024 on Monday, October 30. He reminded that said agreement concerns the opening of the border for citizens of third countries and holders of diplomatic passports, Sputnik Armenia reports. “Significant work has been done in terms of border infrastructure. We have re-equipped the Margara checkpoint, and we are already ready for such processes (border crossing - Ed.), and we hope that these agreements will be implemented,” the prime minister added. Armenia and Turkey in December 2021 named special envoys to discuss the normalization of ties. Four rounds of talks followed on January 14, February 24, May 3 and July 1. 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 | 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. |