Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process going along wrong lines from very startDecember 28, 2009 - 19:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process was going along the wrong lines from very start, with countries having no chance for direct opinion exchange on the issue, Armenian National Movement member, former chairman of parliamentary committee for external affairs Hovhannes Igityan said. As he noted at open discussions on annual presentation of Civilitas foundation report, entitled "Armenia 2009: promises and realities", in Zurich, Edward Nalbandian deprived Armenians of the chance to learn true position of Turkey, by disallowing the latter to voice the statement supposed to be read out upon protocols' signing. At the same time, Hovhannes Igityan noted that the Protocol contents fully met Turkey's interests. Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks. Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin. Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |