Ankara freezes negotiations with Armenia, but Yerevan not reactAugust 27, 2009 - 18:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARF Dashnaktsutyun has repeatedly stated that Turkey has suspended talks on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and Armenia should inform the international community, Giro Manoyan , head of the Central office of Hay Dat in Political Affairs told journalists in Yerevan today. According to him, "Ankara creates an impression that negotiations with Yerevan continue. But in fact, the process is frozen. We do not react to it and allow world's actors to continue exerting pressure on Armenia and demanding from us concessions," Giro Manoyan said. As an example of such pressure Giro Manoyan called the upcoming visit of the of the OSCE Minsk Group to the region in fall, which, according to him, is intended to compel Yerevan and Baku to adopt the updated Madrid principles. 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. |