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U.S. Envoy Upbeat On Turkey-Armenia Relations

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:34:27 +0000

In Armenia on the first stop of his first tour of the region, the new top U.S. diplomat for Europe and the former Soviet Union sounded optimistic about prospects for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations.

PACE Moves To Sanction Yerevan Over 'Political Prisoners'

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:11:15 +0000

A key panel of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called for sanctions on Armenia because of the continuing imprisonment of dozens of opposition members whom it for the first time described as "political prisoners."

'Genocide' Question Still Haunts Armenia-Turkey Relations

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:49:08 +0000

President Serzh Sarkisian has confirmed he is ready to accept, in principle, Turkey's proposal to form a commission of Armenian and Turkish historians that would examine the 1915-18 mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

Armenia: Eyewitness Recounts Crackdown In Yerevan

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:37:15 +0000

Yerevan on March 2 ...

Armenia: Former President Unveils Election Manifesto

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:36:24 +0000

Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian made public on January 7 his election campaign manifesto for the presidential ballot on February 19, pledging to turn Armenia into a "normal" state where governments are formed as a result of free elections and respect laws, human rights, and free enterprise. The 16-page document also reaffirms his earlier bitter criticism of the country's current leadership, affirming that an election victory for Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian's would be ...

Nobel Laureates Call For Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:41:10 +0000

Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel (fil photo) (RFE/RL)