Armenia

The largest Turkish group in the United States has prepared a plan to counter efforts by Armenian lobby groups on the eve of centennial anniversary of the 1915 events.

Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their forebears were killed in 1915 and 1916 by the forces of the Ottoman Empire.

I flew to the eastern province Van last weekend to see for myself the first comprehensive development program implemented in a clashing zone in Turkey. I was taken to Tatvan and then to villages in the Kavar basin.

Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu says that the relations between Ankara and Yerevan might enter into a ‘new era’ if Armenian diaspora decides to take ‘bold steps’ similar to one Ankara has taken Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has stated that Turkey believes Armenia and the Armenian diaspora will choose to take “bold steps” like the one Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğ

Armenia on May 27 invited Turkish leader to events next year marking the 100th anniversary of World War I-era mass killings that Armenians say amounted to “genocide,” despite Ankara’s fierce rejection of the term.

YEREVAN - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan agreed that the time has come for the countries, whose ties are marked by years' long friendship, to set up a legal basis for improvement of future cooperation in all areas.

YEREVAN - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian agreed in Yerevan on Monday that relations between the two countries need to be strengthened, and the signing of relevant agreements should pave the way for a legal framework that would ensure that.

YEREVAN - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic has arrived in Yerevan where he will confer with Armenian top officials over the next two days.

Mrkic will first confer with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian and then with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.