Foreign Relations of Armenia

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Good to see strong relations with die Schweiz

Swiss President Visits Armenia, Opens Embassy


Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey lays wreath at Dzidzernagapert
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)—Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey arrived in Armenia late Wednesday and held meetings with top Armenian officials including President Serzh Sarkisian on a number of issues related to Swiss-Armenia cooperation.
She was also on hand for the opening of the Swiss embassy in Armenia, which will be helmed by Konstantin Obolensky.1
Upon Sarkisian’s invitation, Calmy-Rey visited the Dzidzernagapert Memorial Monument and placed a wreath at the memorial for the Armenian Genocide victims. Calmy-Rey also watered a fir at the Memorial Alley which was planted in 2006.
On December 16 2003, the Swiss Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and criminalizing its denial.
At a joint press conference with Sarkisian, Calmy-Rey also touched on the Turkey-Armenia protcols.

“Formally, the Swiss mediation ended with the signing of the Zurich protocols,” she said. “However, I wouldn’t say that we have washed our hands and are indifferent to what is happening between Armenia and Turkey.”
“Switzerland wants the process of protocol ratification to resume and we are ready to do everything that would encourage the parties,” explained Calmy-Rey.

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Good to hear:

arroso hails progress towards EU-Armenia Association Agreement

16-03-2011
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has welcomed progress in the negotiations on the future EU-Armenia Association Agreement. Following his meeting with Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in Brussels on 15 March, he said: “This ambitious treaty will bring our political and economic relationship to a new level and draw Armenia closer to the European Union.”


Armenia’s economic integration with the EU will deepen as a result of a future Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, said Barroso, adding that further progress on the institutional and administrative reforms was needed in order to launch negotiations on this free-trade area. He said the European Commission was giving Armenia all the relevant support to meet the conditions for the start of the talks, in particular through an institution-building programme and an Advisory Group.

Barroso stressed the importance of enhanced media pluralism in Armenia and also the improvement of the electoral conduct. “Our shared commitment to common values – democracy, human rights and the rule of law – is a key part of our relationship and the foundation of an enhanced cooperation under the Eastern Partnership,” he said.

Turning to the visa issue, President Barroso said enhancing mobility between the EU and its partner countries remained an important goal of the Eastern Partnership and of EU-Armenia relations. He announced that negotiations on Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements would start in the near future.

Touching upon regional issues, Barroso said the EU was seriously concerned about continuing armed incidents at the Line of Contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and the ongoing militarisation in the region. He underlined the Union’s support for a “peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the principles of non-use of force, territorial integrity and the self-determination of peoples.” The status quo is not an option, stressed President Barroso. (ENPI Info Centre)

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We are becoming increasingly close with Latvia, including the frequent visits, flight will be launched between Riga and Yerevan. They will help us with our EU reforms:

Armenia interested in Latvian experience for integration into Europe
March 9, 2011 - 20:23 AMT 16:23 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 9, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on an official visit to Latvia, visited the Freedom Monument in Riga to lay a wreath after the meeting with his Latvian counterpart Valdis Zatlers.

Later the same day, Sargsyan met with speaker of the Latvian parliament Solvita Aboltina.

The parties noted that the Armenian and Latvian parliaments have friendly relations and will try to develop them, taking into consideration the outlooks for cooperation.

Mr. Sargsyan said that Armenia is interested in cooperation with the European union and usage of the Latvian experience to bring Armenia’s legislation in compliance with the European standards.

As Yerevan was named World Book Capital 2012 by UNESCO, while Riga will be Europe’s cultural capital in 2014, Sargsyan and Aboltina considered these facts to be favorable for boosting cultural collaboration between the two countries

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In my humble opinion: Aliyev doesn't look Armenian, Persian, Kurdish, Talysh (a Persian tribe in AZ) or Russian. He also doesn't look like his dad. It's a question that's bothered me for a long time: Where is Aliyev really from? (By the way, just looking at that corrupt stooge Aliyev makes me feel sick.)

no, illham aliyev could pass as an Armenian actually.

Well I thought they looked alike, besides you can't infer such things just from looks.

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In my humble opinion: Aliyev doesn't look Armenian, Persian, Kurdish, Talysh (a Persian tribe in AZ) or Russian. He also doesn't look like his dad. It's a question that's bothered me for a long time: Where is Aliyev really from? (By the way, just looking at that corrupt stooge Aliyev makes me feel sick.)

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here's 2 pictures

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Mos, I'm not sure how to post photos on here - a couple of attempts failed. Could you post Heydar Aliyev's and Ilham Aliyev's pictures? (Maybe someone can PM me how to do it? Thanks)

By the way, Ilham Aliyev has the same 'sleepy left eye' that Ariel Sharon has.

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He looks like his father.

Mos, I'm not sure how to post photos on here - a couple of attempts failed. Could you post Heydar Aliyev's and Ilham Aliyev's pictures? (Maybe someone can PM me how to do it? Thanks)

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He looks like his father.

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A crypto-j-e-w pretending to be Armenian (we have many of those in Armenia). Most of the time, their left eye is a little bit closed, because of their genetics.

Take a close look at Ilham Aliev; Has anyone else noticed that he doesn't look a thing like his "father" or "mother"?