ILHAM ALIYEV TO PERSUADE OFFICIAL ANKARA TO REFUSE FROM POSSIBLE OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDERApril 10, 2004 - 21:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The circulating "opinions" on opening the Armenian-Turkish border will be discussed in the course of the coming official visit of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev to Turkey April 13-14. The Azeri head is expected to make "an official statement" on the issue during the meetings with the Turkish leadership. As reported by Baku press, referring to diplomatic sources, in Istanbul Aliyev will suggest Turkish businessmen to refuse from economic ties with Armenia and "send those means to Azerbaijan". Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |