TURKEY AND ARMENIA SIGN ACCORD [+] 
11-10-2009
Turkey and Armenia have signed a historic accord, agreeing to resume diplomatic ties and re-open borders after a century of hostility. Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, and Edward Nalbandian, his Armenian counterpart signed the Swiss-mediated deal in Zurich on Saturday, after last-minute disagreements delayed the ceremony for three hours. "It ...
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SERZH SARKISIAN:THE DIASPORA TRAVEL PROGRAM [+] 
26-09-2009
In his effort to build up support around the lately pre-signed Turkish Armenian protocols for the normalization of mutual relationship the president of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian said he will travel to the main centers of the Armenian Diaspora in the world to listen to them. The president said this yesterday ...
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40 ARMENIANS AMONG CASPIAN AIR CRASH VICTIMS [+] 
16-07-2009
The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported Wednesday that among the 168 victims of the Caspian Air crash, 40 were Armenians, among them Dr. Levon Davitian, a former member of the Iranian Parliament and chairman of the Tehran Prelacy Executive Council.A Yerevan-bound Iranian passenger plane crashed in northwest of Iran, near the ...
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EU ENVOY: TURKEY HAS TAKEN A "TACTICAL STEP BACKWARDS" [+] 
16-07-2009
Turkey has taken a "tactical step backwards" on normalising relations with Armenia because of hostile domestic reaction to the move, the EU's envoy to the region said in an interview."A step back was taken by the Turkish side ... but this is not a U-turn," said EU South Caucasus envoy ...
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MANY ARMENIANS DEAD IN IRANIAN PLANE CRASH [+] 
15-07-2009
All 168 passengers and crew have died in a Caspian Airlines plane crash in the north of Iran, officials say.Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran, state TV said.The Tupolev aircraft was flying from the ...
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ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARY FEDERATION CONDEMNS ARMENIAN TURKISH AGREEMENT [+] 
23-04-2009
The pivotal issue on Armenia’s political and state agenda in recent months has been the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun has declared time and again, that good-neighborly relations between the two countries can only be established after the recognition by Turkey of the Armenian Genocide and the restoration of the ...
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TURKEY-ARMENIA AGREE ON ROADMAP TO NORMALIZE TIES [+] 
23-04-2009
Turkey and Armenia under Switzerland's mediation have agreed on a comprehensive framework for the normalization of their bilateral relations, a move welcomed by the Washington administration. "The two parties have achieved tangible progress and mutual understanding in this process and they have agreed on a comprehensive framework for the normalization ...
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ARMENIAN FM NALBANDIAN'S LAST-MINUTE ARRIVAL SIGNALS DISCOMFORT [+] 
06-04-2009
ISTANBUL – The lingering mystery about the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s attendance at the Alliance of Civilizations summit has been revealed as potential evidence of Yerevan’s discontent over the Turkish prime minister’s recent statements on Nagorno-Karabakh. After hours of contradictory reports about the possible cancellation of his trip, Nalbandian arrived ...
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DILEMMA FOR OBAMA [+] 
15-03-2009
Turkey has become so pivotal to U.S. goals in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East that President Barack Obama included it on his first overseas tour. But relations between the countries could be at risk unless Obama is willing to break a campaign promise to describe as "genocide" the killings ...
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UAE & ARMENIA BOOST COMMERCIAL COOPERATION [+] 
06-03-2009
H.E. Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, minister of foreign trade, met with Tigran Sarkisyan, prime minister of Armenia, and discussed with him ways to enhance bilateral relations and cooperation, particularly in economic, commercial and investment fields. Sheikha Lubna conveyed to Sakisyan greetings of Vice President and Prime Minister of ...
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