Summit in Prague showed that Armenia and Turkey mitigated their positionsMay 8, 2009 - 23:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Meeting between presidents of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and president of Azerbaijan Abdulah Gul in the fringes of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Prague approached positions of both countries towards normalization of bilateral relations, Stepan Grogorian , head of the Analytical Center on globalization and regional cooperation told to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, touching upon the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border.As Mr. Grigorian also mentioned, that there has been some progress in that issue. "I see, that Turkey and Armenia seek to normalize bilateral relations, and simultaneously there a tendency of mitigating positions of both sides is observed ," said political scientist and added, that Armenia reduces the pressure related to Genocide issue, while Turkey abandon its firm claims. All these resulted in renouncing preconditions by the sides. As Grigorian also mentioned, despite softening its position, Turkey has some comments in Karabakh issue. "The demand that troops should be withdrawn does not sound so firm any more, but Turkey however links normalization of Armenia-Turkish relations with parallel solution of Karabakh problem," concluded Stepan Grigorian. 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. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |