Armenia: Ratification suspended due to Turkish ‘preconditions’

Armenia’s ruling coalition said on Thursday it had suspended the ratification in parliament of peace accords with Turkey, dealing a blow to U.S.-backed efforts to bury a century of hostility between the neighbours.

Christian Armenia and Muslim Turkey signed accords in October last year to overcome the legacy of the World War One mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, but the atmosphere has soured in recent months. Under the accords, Armenia and Turkey agreed to establish diplomatic ties and open the border within two months of parliamentary approval. Neither parliament has approved the protocols, and Yerevan and Ankara have accused each other of trying to re-write the texts. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » April 2010

Why Turkey is right in demanding the end to occupation in Karabakh

In order to continue the “normalization” of Turkey-Armenia relations, it has become the major stipulation to bring the protocols signed in Zurich, Oct. 10, onto the agenda of the two parliaments.

There are reports that in the meetings held in Washington on April 12-13, Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan faced pressures to immediately bring the Zurich protocols onto the agenda of the Turkish Parliament. Some media outlets in the West and Turkey have strongly criticized Erdoğan for linking the “normalization” of Turkey-Armenia relations to the stipulation “to release Karabakh from occupation” and thus, “blocking up” the way of the process. While assessing from several aspects the stipulation “to release Karabakh from occupation” in the process of the “normalization” of Turkey-Armenia relations, we see that Prime Minister Erdoğan’s statement in the Azerbaijani parliament on May 13, 2009, is in line with the principles of the international law and human rights. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » April 2010

Turkish FM assures Azerbaijan of ‘united’ stand on Armenia

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday reassured Azerbaijan that Ankara remained “united” with Baku and would uphold Azerbaijani interests during its reconciliation efforts with Armenia.

On a brief visit to the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Davutoglu said he had provided Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev with details of a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian last week in Washington. “I came to Baku in order to inform the leadership of Azerbaijan on the meeting in Washington. Azerbaijan and Turkey share a united position on the issues in question,” Davutoglu told journalists in comments shown on ANS television. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » April 2010

Sarkozy concerned about Karabakh delays

French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, who is on a three-day visit to France, home to one of Europe’s largest Armenian communities. Sarkozy expresses concern about lagging diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, his office says

French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed concern Wednesday about lagging diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, his office said.

Sarkozy laid out his concerns during a lunch meeting in Paris with Armenian President Serge Sarkisian, and urged both sides to make “the necessary efforts and compromises,” a French presidential spokesman said.

The French leader said he was concerned that a diplomatic process initiated about 18 months ago was losing steam, the spokesman said on condition of anonymity, citing government policy. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press, Turkish Press No Comments » March 2010

Khojaly genocide - the tragedy of the 20th century

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces’ attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

These were committed by Armenian military with special mercilessness and inconceivable barbarism. 2nd battalion of 366th regiment under the command of Major Oganyan Seyran Mushegovich, third battalion under the command of Yevgeniy Nabokhin, staff chief of 1st battalion Chitchyan Valeriy and more than 50 officers and ensigns, serving in regiment took part in the attack. (”From the investigation materials concerning Khojaly occupation”). Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Khojaly No Comments » February 2010

Iranian parliamentarian condemns Armenia for Khojaly massacre

A group of Iranian parliamentarians would visit Azerbaijani embassy on February 25 to express condolences to Azerbaijan and to condemn Armenians.

“The people faced with massacre in Khojaly were our Muslim brothers and sisters”, member of the Iranian parliament from Ardabil and head of the Azerbaijani-Iranian inter-parliamentary friendship group Seyid Kazim Musavi said.

The parliamentarian said they condemned Armenia for Khojaly massacre and called it an aggressor. He said those, who killed children, old people, were enemy and murderer of the humanity. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Khojaly No Comments » February 2010

Fickle Armenian lobby not so powerful

 

News.Az interviews Dr Adil Baguirov, managing director and co-founder of the US Azeris Network (USAN).

What is USAN doing about the United States census in 2010?

The US Azeris Network (USAN), as well as our sister organization the US Turkic Network (USTN), became the first-ever not only Azerbaijani-American, but also Turkic-American organizations to be recognized officially as partners by the US Census Bureau for the 2010 Census. We immediately started raising awareness and promoting this partnership as well as the need to participate in the Census among the Azerbaijani-American and Turkic-American community. We will continue this in the next few months before and after the census starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » February 2010

Gül urges Medvedev to push for peace in Karabakh

President Abdullah Gül urged his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to push for a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia during a phone conversation on Saturday.

According to diplomatic sources, Gül also expressed Ankara’s feeling of unease with the Armenian Constitutional Court ruling containing preconditions and restrictive provisions on the normalization protocols between Armenia and Turkey. Gül urged Medvedev to play a ‘more active role’ with Yerevan in order to keep the normalization process on track. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » January 2010

Turkish, Armenian FMs meet for short talk in London

Davutoğlu-Nalbandian talks mark the first face-to-face meeting after Armenia’s court ruling draws strong criticism from Ankara. The ruling jeopardized the protocols that were signed to begin normalization of diplomatic relations between the two foes

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Armenia held an impromptu meeting Thursday at an international conference in London during which Turkey relayed its concerns about the prospects of the two countries’ protocols.  Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » January 2010

Eyes on Sochi for progress on Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkish diplomats and politicians will today be closely following a trilateral summit in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, where Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will host Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a trilateral summit that will focus on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute. 

Ankara, which last year agreed with Yerevan to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their border, insists on seeing improvement towards a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in parallel with its efforts to normalize relations with Yerevan. Ankara argues that partial normalization in the Caucasus cannot be sustainable as long as the parties fail to exert efforts for complete normalization. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » January 2010

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