Majority of European ministers take hostile stance on Turkey's accession to EUSeptember 21, 2009 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pierre Lellouche, French Secretary of State in charge of European Affairs, indicated Wednesday that the majority of his colleagues-European ministers supported France in its hostile position on Turkey's accession to EU. "We ardently wish to maintain and enrich friendly bilateral ties, but we oppose to Turkey's accession to EU," independent journalist Jean Ekiyan reported to PanARMENIAN.Net quoting the EU official. 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 | Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. Moscow says ready to support Yerevan-Baku reconciliation Moscow has confirmed its readiness to support the reconciliation of Yerevan and Baku. |