Tigran Balayan explains the reason delayed the signing of the Armenian-Turkish ProtocolsOctober 11, 2009 - 01:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan explained the reason of delay of signing of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols. As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from Zurich, after the ceremony Tigran Balayan, noting that a very important step in Armenia-Turkey relations has been made today, welcomed by the international community, said that a temporary delay in the signing ceremony of the Protocols was caused by the attempts of the Turkish side to make changes in the verbal statements, scheduled after the signing. The Armenian side disageed with those changes being of historic nature. Discussions with the mediators and ministers resulted in the signing Protocols without previously announced verbal statements. 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 | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |