Protocols are ‘Dangerous’ for Armenia

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, in a statement issued Tuesday, slammed the draft protocols for the establishment and development of relations between Turkey and Armenia, calling their provisions “dangerous.” The protocols were issued Monday by the foreign ministries of the two countries and Switzerland.
ARF Bureau member Hrant Markarian denounced the protocols as “unacceptable,” in [...]

Serzh Sargsyan about Armenia-Turkey negotiations

Armenia will not allow to use the negotiations as campaign tool and to drag out the comprehensive dialogue; this is Armenia’s disposition regarding the regulation of Armenian-Turkish ties.
“We’d like to open the closed borders of Europe and to create normal ties without preconditions. But we are not intended to allow to use the negotiating processes [...]

ARMENIA NOW.HOW TO BUILD RELATIONS WITH THE DIASPORA?

At the very first stage of the relationship with the Diaspora, the Armenian authorities adopted not only new approaches corresponding to the challenges of the 21st century but also started the process of establishing relevant institutions for putting their plans into practice.
Let’s recall the main stages of the activities carried out in the sphere during [...]

Armenia will never stop pressing for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide

Armenia’s Pursuit of International Genocide Recognition will Never Stop, Says Foreign Minister
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–Armenia never stopped and will never stop pressing for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told a news conference in Yerevan Wednesday.

Armenia.Presidential press conference. Reaction from blogosphere.

Nice coverage from Ditord
On 21 July at a news conference held at the presidential palace to mark the 100th day of the new president’s term in office, two bloggers were invited to attend alongside 38 journalists. Allowed to ask one question in each, the bloggers were effectively considered as the equals of journalists. In fact, [...]

Armenia-Turkey/Gul Still Undecided

KARS (ArmRadio)–Turkish President Abdulla Gul was in Kars on Wednesday where he said that he has yet to decide whether or not he will accept President Serzh Sarkisian’s invitation to come to Yerevan in September to watch the Turkish and Armenian national soccer teams compete in a World Cup qualifier match, Mediamax news agency reported.

ARMENIA.AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF 50 MILLION US DOLLARS

 

American-Armenian businessman Serob Ter-Poghosyan, Executive Director of “Metalarins” company, has responded to President Serge Sargsyan’s message addressed to all the Armenians during the opening ceremony of “Baze” Pan-Armenian Youth Gathering. In the letter addressed to the President, S. Ter-Poghosyan said,

Pledges to Invest in Armenia Continue, $560 Million Committed

YEREVAN (Armenpress)-The Chairman of the Union of Armenians in Russia, Ara Abrahamian, and the president of Russia’s Bamo holdings Murad Muradian, pledged over the weekend to invest over $100 million each in Armenia’s economy. Their commitments raise the total amount of pledges made since President Sarkisian’s appeal to the Diaspora last week to $560 million.

ARMENIA.BUSINESSMAN SAMVEL KARAPETIAN READY TO INVEST 250 MLN USD

RA President Serge Sargsian made an address to the RA citizens and world spread Armenians during “Baze” All-Armenian youth gathering calling on them to be more active and full of initiative to flourish the motherland with joint efforts.Russian-based Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetian first responded to the call of the President, Armenpress reported. In his letter [...]

Armenia. Bloggers become popular.

Today,two of the top armenian bloggers representing Livejournal.com community participated at Serzh Sargsyan’s(President of the Republic of Armenia) press-conference and asked questions collected by them in blogosphere.

Serzh Sargsyan.Press-conference.Part 2.

I think Armenian courts treat all citizens committing offences very mildly,” Serzh Sarkissian said in reply to A1+. We wondered what measures the Armenian authorities take with regard to the PACE recommendation to free all those detained under Articles 300 and 225 of the RoA Criminal Code.

Serzh Sargsyan.Press-conference.Part 1.

On July 21 a news conference was held at the presidential office dedicated to the 100th day of Serzh Sarkissian’s presidency. Most questions concerned the relations between Serzh Sarkissian and Robert Kocharian and the rumoured influence of Robert Kocharian on public administration.