Ankara's destructive position was enough for Yerevan to step away of ProtocolsOctober 12, 2009 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish side's destructive position during Protocol signing ceremony testifies to the fact that Turkey started negotiations with Armenia for realizing its own preconditions, Kiro Manoyan, ARFD Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office director told a news conference in Yerevan. "The presence of Russian, U.S., French and Swiss Foreign Ministers and EU representatives and all their efforts towards achieving Protocol signing are actually pressure against Armenian side," Hay Dat office director said. At that he noted that delay in Protocol signing was caused by Turkish side's desire to make changes not only in Davutoglu's speech but also in Protocol texts. That might have been enough for Armenia side to step away from Protocols," Manoyan stressed.On Saturday, October 10, Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu signed initialed Protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. the ceremony took place in presence of Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Armenia's Ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour, Turkey's Ambassador to Switzerland Oguz Demiral, Slovenia's Foreign Minister and Chair of CoE Committee of Ministers Samuel Zbogar. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". 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. |