‘Politics’ Archives
Russia and Turkey agreed on Karabakh?
It is Moscow’s desire to show who the main player in the region is that accounts for RF State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov’s statement on a possible solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the near future, Heritage parliamentary faction Secretary Larisa Alaverdyan told NEWS.am. The reason [...]
Nagorno-Karabakh holds parliamentary vote
YEREVAN, (Reuters) - Breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh held a parliamentary election on Sunday, a month after the collapse of a plan to end hostility between Armenia and Turkey and ease tension in the south Caucasus. Most candidates and parties insist on independence for Nagorno-Karabakh from [...]
OSCE monitoring Nagorno-Karabakh truce
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24 (UPI) -- European officials arrived Monday to survey a cease-fire along the Azeri border with Armenia following elections in a breakaway region, Azeri officials said. The Azerbaijan Defense Ministry said a monitoring group from the Organization for Security and [...]
Does Russia support Azerbaijan?
Moscow reiterated its support for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity on Monday in the wake of parliamentary elections in Nagorno Karabakh. "Moscow does not think that the peace settlement of the conflict might depend on the results of the Nagorno Karabakh elections," said Andrei Nesterenko, a [...]
Turkey’s joining the EU within next 25-30 years highly unlikely
On May 18, Paris hosted a conference, entitled Turkey: Still Headed for the West? French journalist, geopolitics expert, Bernard Guetta stated at the conference, “It is now highly unlikely that Turkey can join the EU. At least, not until 25-30 years. In the crosshairs “Islamist violence that [...]
France supports efforts of Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents
French Minister of State for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche said that France, which co-chairs the Minsk Group, supported Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders' efforts to take steps to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, he emphasized that political [...]
Rep. Schiff launches Armenian genocide Congressional Record Campaign
Vergine Djihanian saw her father and uncle beaten and axed to death by Turkish officers when she was 9. Rather than risk a similar fate, the Armenian girl's mother and aunt took their children to the nearby banks of the Euphrates River, said their prayers and threw themselves into the raging [...]
“Army’s participation is grounded”
Members of the Fact-Finding Group created and disbanded by Serzh Sargsyan to leading an investigation into the events of "March 1" Andranik Kocharyan and Seda Safaryan have finished the report on "Involvement and participation of the army in post-electoral processes and the events of March [...]
Karabakh issue — test for Turkish-Russian partnership: Hurriyet
“If in the 1990s someone was to suggest that Turkish-Russian relations could one day reach a level of strategic partnership it would have likely induced uproarious laughter to listeners,” reads an article by Cem Oguz posted in Hurriyet Daily News. The author says that Russia has so far [...]
“What Turkey? What Europe?” seminar held in Salzburg
“What Turkey? What Europe?” is the name of a seminar opened in Salzburg, Austria, on May 9. The seminar was organized by the Salzburg Global Seminar. Among the participants are: Wolfgang Ischinger (Co-Chair) — Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany; Suleyman Özdem Sanberk [...]