Armenia not going to buy water cannons from TurkeyFebruary 5, 2009 - 17:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is not going to buy water cannons from Turkey. "The Armenian police did not request the State Purchases Agency for procurement of water cannons from a Turkish firm," Vasak Tarposhyan, head of the Agency, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Earlier, Nurol Machinery and Industry Inc., a Turkish firm in the defense business, announced that it is preparing to sell vehicle-mounted water cannons to Armenia. "Armenia contacted us. Talks have been going on for some time now," Nurol Machinery's deputy marketing manager Tanju Torun said during a demonstration for the firm's new six-wheeled Ejder (Dragon) armored personnel carrier. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |