Turkey and Azerbaijan fear their nationalists' reactionMay 27, 2009 - 00:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARFD Youth Wing representative Artak Zargaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent that the Black Sea conference on "Cooperation of Democracy and Development" is being organized in Armenia for the first time. Conference participants are members of political parties and organizations represented in International Union of Young Socialists (IUSY). "Before that, conferences in that format were held in Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Armenia has never been a hosting country since Azerbaijan and Turkey, its neighboring states, were always against it." According to Zargaryan, Azerbaijan has refused to participate in the conference, arguing that such step will not be approved by the country's nationalistic movements. "The Turkish side too, has turned down our proposal, although it all the time speaks about cooperation and establishment of ties," Mr. Zargaryan said. The conference attended by socialist party representatives from Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden, Spain, Greece, Iran, Cyprus, Canada and Syria is taking place in Yerevan from May 24 till 27. The initiator is the ARFD youth wing. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |