International mediators said over the weekend that they will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan soon to prepare for the next meeting of the two countries’ presidents which they hope will pave the way for a framework peace accord on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Government Moves To Cut Spending In 2010
The Armenian government announced on Monday plans to slash its budgetary expenditures by 9 percent next year, citing the ongoing economic recession and the resulting serious shortfall in its tax revenues.
US Prods Armenia; Clinton to Attend Protocols Signing
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday pressed Armenia and Turkey to follow through on their commitment to normalize relations after decades of hostility.
Opening of Border with Turkey will Devastate Armenian Businesses
The opening of the Armenia-Turkey border will devastate Armenia’s local economy and throw businesses into bankruptcy, warned an expert from the Mitk Analytical Center on Friday during a news conference in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan Used Civilians as Shields in War, Says Baroness Cox
The Azeri army used civilians in Khojalu as human shields during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a high ranking member of the British House of Lords has revealed.
ARF to Meet with President on Diaspora Tour, Says Manoyan
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation will meet with President Serzh Sarkisian’s during his recently announced tour of Diaspora communities to discuss the Turkey-Armenia protocols, said the party’s political director Giro Manoyan on Friday.
Erdogan Hopes Sarkisian Will Visit Turkey
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope that President Serzh Sarkisian will pay a landmark visit to Turkey next month and said Ankara’s fence-mending agreements with Yerevan could be submitted to the Turkish parliament for ratification before that.
Armenia-Turkey Border Opening to Weaken Georgian Transport Role
The Russian owned South Caucasus Railway Company is ready to resume railway transport between Armenia and Turkey,” a high level official from the company said Thursday, adding that the opening of the border will diminish Georgia’s role as a transport corridor in the region.
Sarkisian to Visit Diaspora to Muster Support For Protocols
President Serzh Sarkisian said on Thursday that he will tour major Armenian communities abroad early next month to explain and promote his far-reaching diplomatic overtures to Turkey which the Diaspora have been following with unease.
Armenian American Leadership Expresses Concerns to Ambassador
Representatives of political parties, associations, and religious denominations visited the Armenian Embassy in Washington on Thursday and met with Ambassador Tatoul Markarian to express their concerns on the Turkey-Armenia protocols.