February 8, 2010
20 suspects of Hrant Dink murder are being tried today, February 8 for a twelfth time in Istanbul.
It has been reported that an anonymous witness is expected to give statement in a sealed room.
The murdered Executive Editor of the Milliyet paper Abdi Ipekci’s daughter, Nukhet Ipekci is also in the court room to watch today’s trial, CNN Turk reported.
Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian journalist and columnist and editor-in-chief of Agos bilingual newspaper. Dink was best known for advocating Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority rights in Turkey. Charged under the notorious article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code, Dink stood a trial for insulting Turkishness. After numerous death threats, Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, by Ogün Samast, a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. Read more... (128 words)
February 8, 2010
On February 9, President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will leave for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on a three-day working visit.
The delegation comprises His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan and the Mayor of Yerevan, Gagik Beglaryan.
Within the framework of the working visit, President Sargsyan will have meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, as well as Foreign Minister David Miliband and Prince Charles.
At Windsor Palace, the President of the Republic of Armenia will attend the opening of the “Yerevan-my love” project initiated by Prince Charles and ex-Prime Minister of Armenia Armen Sargsyan. The project envisages the renovation of four buildings of historical and architectural significance in central Yerevan. Serzh Sargsyan will also meet with representatives of the Armenian Diaspora in Great Britain. Read more... (241 words)
February 4, 2010
The newly-appointed Turkish Ambassador to the US, Namik Tan, called the pending Genocide resolution in Congress “baseless” and expressed confidence during a speech Tuesday that his country did not expect any adverse steps from “our ally, the US.”
Tan, who was speaking on US-Turkey relations at a conference organized by the Turkish Democracy Foundation in Ankara, warned that the discussion and passage of a Genocide resolution by Congress would lead to what he described as unwanted strains in US-Turkey relations, Asbarez.com reported. Read more... (654 words)
February 4, 2010
The United Nations do not have any direct engagement on the issue of Nagorno Karabakh peace process, where the OSCE is in the forefront, UN Secretary-General said.
Questions regarding this conflict should be asked to the OSCE, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon told Trend News.
The UN General Assembly has passed four non-biding resolutions on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, all before 1994.
The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in 1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now. Read more... (314 words)
February 2, 2010
The chief foreign policy aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday accused Russia and the West of supporting Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and thereby delaying its peaceful resolution.
“I will be frank. I believe Armenia is backed by some powers which is why it is not willing to make any steps back in such a difficult situation while they realize their own situation,” the official, Novruz Mammadov, told Azad Azarbaycan TV in an interview monitored by the BCC.
“Some virtual powers support them, otherwise, knowing Armenians’ trait, they would immediately beg for mercy from Turkey and Azerbaijan and ask to rescue them. They are still being supported by that virtual power.” Read more... (322 words)
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