Warmer U.S.-Russia relations better that would be for ArmeniaFebruary 20, 2009 - 19:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The warmer U.S.-Russia relations are the better that would be for Armenia, according to former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. "But at this time, such warming is still only a desire on everyone's part. There are still a series of very serious problems: NATO expansion, the American missile defense shield, as well as contentions over spheres of influence. It is especially the processes having to do with defining spheres of influence and the possible arrangements or understandings that they arrive at that will have serious impact on Armenia," Vartan Oskanian, head of Civilitas Foundation told PanARMENIAN.Net "Thus, we must do everything so that the perception of these two countries about Armenia be based on Armenia's compelementarity and not on specific recent events. Specifically, closer financial cooperation with Russia or the agreement signed about CSTO rapid deployment forces can be seen as a deviation from the policy of complementarity, if of course these steps are not followed by other steps which reaffirm the balance in Armenia's foreign policy," he said. 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 | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |