ARMENIA * AZERBAIJAN * TURKEY *MINISTERS * COMMENT ARMENIA * TURKEY * AZERBAIJAN * MINISTERS * COMMENT There is no concrete agreement on holding the meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Turkish FM’s, Yerevan says-19.09 Yerevan, September 19. /Mediamax/. “There is no concrete agreement on holding a trilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey,” spokesman for Armenian Foreign Mini ...

ERMENİ-TÜRK SINIRININ AÇILMASININ FAYDA VE ZARARLARI Dün ekonomistler görüşlerini beyan ettiler Ermeni-Türk sınırının açılmasının olumlu ve olumsuz yönleri, dün Ermenistan sanayici ve İşadamları Biliği (ESİB) ve “Ermenistan- Finans ve Ekonomi” dergisinin düzenlediği bir toplantıda tartışıldı. Toplantı açılışını yapan ESİB başkanı Arsen Hazaryan, sorunun gelişimini, 10 yıl önce demiryolu ve otoyolun Türkiye ...

TAKINGS AND LOSSES OF OPEN BORDER Economists present their outlooks What will be the positive and negative outcomes of opening the Armenian-Turkish border? For arguing this question the Union of Industrialists and Businessmen of Armenia (UIBA) organized a seminar September 17 together with the “Armenia: Finances and Economy” periodical. Opening the discussion the chairman of the UIBA Arsen Ghazaryan present ...

ECONOMY * WB * DIRECTOR * ASSESSMENT ECONOMY * WB * DIRECTOR * ASSESSMENT WB Regional Director impressed by Armenia’s economic progress -15.09 Yerevan, September 15. /Mediamax/. Armenian government’s poverty reduction strategic program will be, probably, approved by the World Bank (WB) Board of Directors, WB Regional Director Donna Dowsett-Coirolo said in Yerevan today. The governmental press service inform ...

 ARMENIA * AZERBAIJAN * MEETING * GULIYEV * STATEMENT Azeri FM intends to discuss mediators’ new ideas with his Armenian counterpart -15.09 Yerevan, September 15. /Mediamax/. Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Vilayat Guliyev stated today that the meeting of foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be held on a “neutral territory” during 10-15 days with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair ...

  Turkish businessmen favor lifting embargo on Armenia Turkish Daily News 11 September 2003 ERZURUM - Turkish businessmen want to lift the export ban on Armenia in order to have easier access to Turkic republics and to further benefit from markets in these countries. Chairman of Eastern Anatolian Exporters' Union Huseyin Efendioglu said that if the ban on export to Armenia was abolished, more secure, shorte ...

Pallone Discusses Effects Of Ongoing Blockades Of Armenia At United Nations Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Andrew Souvall September 8, 2003 (202) 225-4671 Andrew.Souvall@mail.house.gov PALLONE DISCUSSES EFFECTS OF ONGOING BLOCKADES OF ARMENIA AT UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE New York, NY --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, spoke today o ...

 ANKARA WANTS A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO KARABAGH CONFLICT ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS: Wrapping up his one-day working visit to Ankara on Monday, Azerbaijan's prime minister Ilham Aliyev said he was fully satisfied with its results. Speaking at a news conference Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish opposite number Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to further boost relations between the two brother nations. The younger ...

Sarkisyan: Türkiye sınırı yakında açılacak Ermenistan Savunma Bakanı Serj Sarkisyan, Türkiye-Ermenistan sınırının birkaç ay içerisinde açılmasını beklediğini söyledi. Erivan'da yayınlanan ‘Ermenistan’ın Sesi' gazetesine demeç veren Sarkisyan, ‘‘Sınırın açılması yıl değil, ay meselesidir. Bunu söylerken elbette bir bildiğim var’’ ifadesini kullandı. FAYDALI OLACAK Ermeni Bakan, Türkiye ile sınırın açılması m ...

 AZERBAIJAN * ELECTIONS * OSCE * COMMENT “Forthcoming elections are vitally important for Azerbaijan and the entire region,” OSCE representative says -04.09 Yerevan, September 4. /Mediamax/. “The forthcoming presidential elections are vitally important for Azerbaijan and the entire region,” said the Acting Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Robin Seaword. Mediamax reports that Seaword made these remarks on th ...