  Relations with Turkey should be normalized without preconditions, Yerevan insistsNovember 22, 2008 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on November 24, on the initiative of the Turkish MFA."The Ministers will focus on possibilities to normalize the Armenian-Turkish relations. By saying normalization, we mean establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of borders without preconditions," RA MFA media relations division head Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net Minister Nalbandian will be in Istanbul to attend a meeting of the BSEC Secretariat. Turkey broke off diplomatic relations and closed the border with Armenia in 1993 over the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries  NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said.Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north.U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said.Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |
