“For two decades have I supported settlement of Armenia-Turkey relations. Yes, let me repeat once again that Turkey should actively settle its relations with Armenia, to assume new positions in the South Caucasus,” she said. However, in her words, Turkey has more actual issues demanding solution.
There is no shortage of people who could make it into the bad books of the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, reports The Guardian.
To the question how will Armenian FM reflect to such remarks, Tigran Balayan replied, that nobody attempts to comment or understand his words. “It’s been a long time that nobody attempts to understand the logic of his statements, there is no interest either,” Tigran Balayan said.
The citizen, who attempted to set himself on fire has died today. The Research Center of Radiation Medicine and Burns informed about this. Earlier it reported that 20 percent of upper respiratory tract and 50 percent of the body surface of the citizen has been burnt.
“It’s clear that a seizure has been recorded by a group of armed people, however, the authorities should think over a simple issue: why did the society appear in the street in support of that group? They did it not to support the armed people, i.e. they didn’t went out for an exact person, but for the reason that the authorities don’t hear their voices, don’t take them into consideration, there is no communication between the authorities and the society.”
At the end of the siege of police headquarters in Yerevan, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today sought reassurance from the foreign minister of Armenia that journalists’ rights and safety during times of civil unrest would be protected.
Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian says the peaceful settlement of the situation in the Police station was possible thanks to the Armenian leadership’s prudent, patient and balanced approach.
The EU Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum member Hovsep Khurshudyan, president of the “National Civic Initiative” NGO David Sanasaryan and “New Armenia” Front member Andreas Ghukasyan have been detained.
“I agree that dependency from Russia should be decreased, but it’s impossible to reduce that dependency without NK conflict settlement and finding proper variant in relations with neighboring countries. In fact, Armenia needs not Russia’s support but security guarantees, which all its neighboring countries may give, both Georgia and Iran, and Turkey and Azerbaijan. Without such guarantees the situation in the country will continue and will lead to more and more radicalization of the situation.”
“Armenia’s investigation of the police assaults on demonstrators on July 29 should be swift and thorough,” said Giorgi Gogia, South Caucasus director at Human Rights Watch. “While the police have an obligation to maintain public order, they do not have carte blanche to use violence against people gathered to peacefully express their views.”
