  Ter-Petrossian: Armenia-Turkey border opening to follow Karabakh settlement June 23, 2011 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s development perspectives seem slim without the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and opening of borders with Turkey, according to the first Armenian President, Armenian National Congress (ANC) leader. As Levon Ter-Petrossian noted in an interview with Moskovskie Novosti (Moscow News) newspaper, commenting on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s Armenia-Turkey rapprochement policy, “the President’s policy was correct. The issue should be always kept on agenda.” According to ANC leader, before 1992, “Armenia and Turkey were ready to establish diplomatic ties, yet the process hit a deadlock when Armenian forces liberated Kelbajar region.” “Turks won’t agree to resume rapprochement process until the Karabakh conflict is resolved. Armenia-Turkey border will be opened the next day after the conflict settlement. There are no other options,” Ter-Petrossian stated.   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 |  Topics 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. |
