Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrives in YerevanSeptember 6, 2008 - 18:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul arrived in Yerevan on an informal visit today. The two Presidents will attend a soccer game between the Armenian and Turkish national teams in Hrazdan stadium. This will be the first-ever visit of a Turkish President to independent Armenia. The Presidents will watch the game from a bulletproof box. Before, they will hold a 1-hour meeting. Gul will be accompanied by a 130-member delegation. Unprecedented security measures have been taken. The roads in the center and those leading to the stadium are blocked. Ankara broke diplomatic relations and closed the border with Armenia in 1993 over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. To normalize relations Turkey urges Armenia to give up the policy calling for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and cede 7 regions of NKR security belt to Azerbaijan. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. 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. |