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NEWS FROM ARMENIA
October 03, 2009
YEREVAN (AFP)-The three parties in Armenia's ruling coalition, which holds a majority in the country's parliament, said Friday they would support establishing ties with Turkey.
"The Armenian state has shown courage ... regarding the future of our country and improving…
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Armenia’s Ruling Coalition Backs Protocols
YEREVAN (AFP)-The three parties in Armenia's ruling coalition, which holds a majority in the country's parliament, said Friday they would support establishing ties with Turkey.
"The Armenian state has shown courage ... regarding the future of our country and improving…» more »
October 03, 2009
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Police in Yerevan have been instructed to confront anyone who makes what they see as offensive comments about Armenia's leaders during opposition demonstrations, a senior police official said on Friday.
"They go as far as to make offensive comments…
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Yerevan Police Ban Anti-Government ‘Slurs’
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Police in Yerevan have been instructed to confront anyone who makes what they see as offensive comments about Armenia's leaders during opposition demonstrations, a senior police official said on Friday.
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October 03, 2009
President Abdullah Gül has officially invited Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan for the 2010 World Cup qualifying second-leg match between the Turkish and Armenian national teams to be held at Bursa Atatürk Stadium on Oct. 14.
Protocols setting forth the normalization…
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Gül invites Sarksyan to soccer match
President Abdullah Gül has officially invited Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan for the 2010 World Cup qualifying second-leg match between the Turkish and Armenian national teams to be held at Bursa Atatürk Stadium on Oct. 14.
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October 03, 2009
YEREVAN - Agence France-Presse
The three parties in Armenia's ruling coalition, which holds a majority in the country's parliament, said Friday they would support establishing ties with Turkey after decades of hostility.
"The Armenian state has shown courage ... regarding…
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Armenia ruling coalition backs Turkey ties
YEREVAN - Agence France-Presse
The three parties in Armenia's ruling coalition, which holds a majority in the country's parliament, said Friday they would support establishing ties with Turkey after decades of hostility.
"The Armenian state has shown courage ... regarding…» more »
October 02, 2009
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)-Armenia initiated the Armenia-Turkish rapprochement when it invited the Turkish president to Armenia, said Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian Thursday at parliamentary hearing Thursday on the protocols and relations with Turkey.
He explained that Armenia approached Turkey by asking…
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Nalbandian Says Armenia Initiated Protocols
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)-Armenia initiated the Armenia-Turkish rapprochement when it invited the Turkish president to Armenia, said Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian Thursday at parliamentary hearing Thursday on the protocols and relations with Turkey.
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October 02, 2009
TORONTO-The Toronto-based Zoryan Institute issued an open letter to President Serzh Sarkisian Wednesday, signed by its chairman of academic board of directors Roger Smith, pointing to serious questions and pitfalls contained within the Armenia-Turkey protocols.
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Zoryan Institute Outlines Pitfalls to Protocols in Open Letter to Sarkisian
TORONTO-The Toronto-based Zoryan Institute issued an open letter to President Serzh Sarkisian Wednesday, signed by its chairman of academic board of directors Roger Smith, pointing to serious questions and pitfalls contained within the Armenia-Turkey protocols.
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September 29, 2009
GLENDALE-The more than 10,000 participants of a public rally on Sunday in opposition to the Armenia-Turkey protocols unanimously adopted a strongly-word resolution directed at the Armenian authorities, rejecting Turkey's preconditions for establishing relations with Armenia and demanding the government put…
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Resolution Urges End to Protocols Process
GLENDALE-The more than 10,000 participants of a public rally on Sunday in opposition to the Armenia-Turkey protocols unanimously adopted a strongly-word resolution directed at the Armenian authorities, rejecting Turkey's preconditions for establishing relations with Armenia and demanding the government put…» more »
September 26, 2009
YEREVAN (Tert.am)-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.
During a meeting Thursday with His Holiness…
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ARF to Meet with President on Diaspora Tour, Says Manoyan
YEREVAN (Tert.am)-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.
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September 26, 2009
WASHINGTON-Former US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans, during an international webcast of an Armenian National Committee of America town hall meeting Thursday, called the Armenia-Turkey protocols "flawed."
"This is a flawed document," said Evans.
"I think that the impulse to…
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Amb. Evans Calls Protocols ‘Flawed Document’
WASHINGTON-Former US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans, during an international webcast of an Armenian National Committee of America town hall meeting Thursday, called the Armenia-Turkey protocols "flawed."
"This is a flawed document," said Evans.
"I think that the impulse to…» more »
September 26, 2009
YEREVAN (ArmRadio)-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…
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Armenia-Turkey Border Opening to Weaken Georgian Transport Role
YEREVAN (ArmRadio)-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…» more »