“Today Turkey is definitely further away from becoming a member of the European Union than ever before,” Gabriel said in an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel published on Saturday.
“Armenia’s direct presence at Consulate level in Iraq will contribute to the development of Armenian-Iraqi relations which is quite important for Armenia. Of course, Iraq faces social-economic problems, however, it’s regional role is not decreasing,” the expert said.
“One can only be surprised that Archbishop Aram Ateshian gives more priority to the suspicious letter of middle-class Turkish bureaucrat than to the call of the Catholicos of All Armenians,” Melkonyan said.
Dismissing these allegations, the Economy Ministry released a statement claiming that the said news “did not bear any truth” and that Turkey’s trade policy is set in accordance with rules introduced by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
“Our representative is in the court. He informed us the court uphold the prosecution claim. Moreover, the court made a decision of 120 hours of community service instead of 80. The conditional sentence was also decided, 4 weeks instead of 2 with two-year suspended term.
“Hey Rutte, you might have finished the elections as the first party, but you should know that you lost a friend like Turkey,” Erdoğan told a rally in the northwestern province of Sakarya.
“Putting aside these developments, I can say that this was an initially planned action, it is a conspiracy, and Archbishop Aram Ateshian, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Armenian hospital of St. Savior in Istanbul Bedros Sirinoglu are involved in this. The general belief is that if Ateshian was elected, this statement would not be issued,” Bagrat Estukian said.
“There is already a movement of Syrian-Armenians, some families took practical steps and returned to the city. I cannot give exact numbers, but there are people who returned. They are both from Lebanon and the Western countries,” the Armenian lawmaker said.
“Armenia plans to construct high voltage power line next year which will allow the RF to export electricity to the Iranian market by power exchange transactions,” Miller said. He also stated that the modernization of the 5th energy block of Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant.
The article features Erdogan’s political life, his family, the constitutional changes, and the Germans’ perspectives on the Turkey-EU relations.
