Archive for July 9th, 2010
20 years required to complete excavations in Tigranakert, Artsakh
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 11:45 pm
Head of Artsakh expedition, PhD of History Hamlet Petrosyan presented the results of excavations in Tigranakert, Artsakh.
According to PanARMENIAN.Net report, this year the excavations started on June 15 and will continue till August 25, Petrosyan told a press conference.
“During excavations, we try to preserve the landscape of Tigranaket, so that the site is observed from [...]
Defense reforms bring fighting capacity of Armenian army to new level
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 11:11 pm
On July 9, the RA Ministry of Defense hosted a conference dedicated to defense reforms.
The conference, chaired by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, focused on revising the RA defense strategy and reforms implemented as part of this process.
It was noted that the reforms and application of new approaches have brought the fighting capacity of the [...]
Nagorno Karabakh is an independent state: Shavarsh Kocharian
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 4:07 pm
Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian in his interview with Iravunq paper has commented Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev’s fast returning to Baku from St. Petersburg when Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani leaders within the framework of the economical forum met to have talks on the settlement to the Karabakh conflict, reports Aysor.am.
“During this meeting Aliev [...]
Russia actively supports the resolution of Karabakh conflict: Sergey Lavrov
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 3:24 pm
Russia tries to actively support the settlement of separate conflicts in CIS region, mainly the Transnistrian and Karabakh conflicts, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian-language Mir TV channel.
According to the official website of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, the parties have come a long way over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
“Recently, in [...]
Armenia-NATO IPAP declassified
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 3:09 pm
Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declassified Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) to ensure transparency of international military and political cooperation.
As the Ministry’s press office reported, the IPAP covers political and defense issues, public awareness and coordination of activity in emergency situations.
Erdogan and Turkish army have agreed on dissembling Dink’s case
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 3:02 pm
Turkish authorities, part of the army in favor of the status quo and the judiciary want to conceal those responsible for the assassination of Hrant Dink, former chief editor of an Istanbul-based bilingual daily Agos, reports local Turkish news agency ANF, citing the Dink family’s lawyers Fethiye Cetin and Gurai Dag.
According to report of [...]
R. Bradtke: Nagorno-Karabakh settlement must be based on Helsinki principles
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 2:54 pm
US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke said that presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia demonstrate political will to reach peace in Nagorno-Karabakh, reports Panorama.am, quoting Azerbaijani media.
The co-chair compared the negotiation process with a bicycle ‘you will fall if you stop’.
“It is necessary not to focus on the hindrances at the current stage [...]
America in Russia’s back yard. Eastern approaches
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 12:02 pm
Hillary Clinton tests the waters in ex-Soviet states after the “reset” with Russia
A YEAR ago a group of intellectuals and politicians from ex-communist European countries wrote an open letter to President Barack Obama, who had just returned from his first Moscow summit. The message conveyed palpable nervousness and criticism: will America sacrifice the interests of [...]
Georgia Approves Sale of Pipeline Delivering Russian Gas To Armenia
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 11:46 am
The Georgian parliament has approved the sale of a trunk gas pipeline which pumps Russian gas across Georgia to Armenia. Eighty-eight members of parliament favored the law, while five voted against the measure, reports Asbarez.
Despite the law being passed by parliament, the Georgian opposition does not share the majority’s enthusiasm for the sale which they [...]
Turkey’s Frontline Foreign Policy
By Times.am at 9 July, 2010, 12:20 am
By Shlomo Avineri, Project Syndicate
A few months before he became Turkey’s foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser, met with a group of Middle Eastern academics and policy experts, including Arabs and Israelis. With his academic background and immense erudition, he succeeded in painting, on a wide canvass, the new [...]
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