  Expert: Turks increasingly support rapprochement with Armenia June 14, 2011 - 17:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Increasing support for rapprochement with Armenia has been observed with the Turkish public, Richard Giragosian, director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC) stated. As Mr. Giragosian told a news conference in Yerevan, TESEV Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation poll results show 50% support for Armenia-Turkey reconciliation, while 40% of those polled favor opening of Armenian-Turkish border. 58% of Kurds polled also supported the idea. “Ppresently, the rapprochement finds more support in Turkish population than it does in the country’s parliament,” RSC director said. TESEV poll results name Iran as the most friendly state to Turkey, while U.S. and Israel were listed among Turkey's enemies. “Armenia was not included in enemy list, which, in itself, is a positive factor,” Giragosian concluded.   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 |  Topic Latest 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. |
