Armenia should accuse Turkey for bilateral agreements defaultAugust 28, 2009 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Turkey's policy towards has not changed for centuries, and today I do not expect anything positive from the Armenian-Turkish relations, " Rafik Petrosyan, MP from the Republican Party (RPA) of Armenia faction told a press conference today in Yerevan. According to Mr. Petrosyan, about 90 per cent of the Turkish public and leadership are still against establishing relations with Armenia without preconditions, as testified by Turkish prime minister's statements and signature collection by Turkish nationalist forces against the reconciliation with Armenia after the visit of the President Gul to Armenia. He also stressed, that chauvinism in Turkey is intensifying now and is not possible to build a sincere relationship with Turkey under such conditions. Most members of the Republican Party of Armenia believe in this situation the RA president will not go to a return football match in Turkey, since the issues, raised during bilateral talks are still remain unresolved, MP said. According to the deputy, Turkey deceived not only Armenia, but also the U.S., since Turkey first announced its readiness to establish relations with Armenia without preconditions, and then began impose them. "It seems that Turkey did so in order U.S. president Barack Obama in April 24 speech did not use the word Genocide," Rafik Petrosyan said. According to him, Armenia should accuse Turkey for bilateral agreements default, since in case of Serzh Sargsyan's refusal to go to a football match, Turkey would do it. 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. |