Azerbaijan to back Turkey in Israeli-Turkish conflict October 1, 2011 - 14:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Turkish-Israeli conflict is explained by Turkey’s aspiration to expand its influence over the countries once a part of the Ottoman Empire, according to an Armenian expert. “Turkey is not an ordinary country. Being militaristic and aggressive, it now tries to make use of the weakened Arab world,” Levon Shirinyan told a news conference in Yerevan. As to Azerbaijan, he said, it’s a country that originated as a result of a bargain between Turkey and Soviet Russia. “Azerbaijan is a Turkic state which forms a kind of confederation together with Turkey and Northern Cyprus. It can’t but support Turkey or fall under Russia’s influence again, thus displeasing the United States,” the expert said. 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. |