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ISRAELI AND ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES HOLD CONSULTATIONS
Vestnik Kavkaza
Sept 9 2011
A group of Armenian diplomats headed by Foreign Minister
ArmenKirakosyan has met a high-ranking official of the Israeli
ForeignMinistry, Pinkhas Avivi.
Avivi was the former Israeli Ambassador to Turkey in 2003-2007. He
iscurrently supervising links with the CIS and Eastern Europe.
Theofficial is obviously the best candidate for negotiations
betweenIsrael and Armenia for his advanced studies of the South
Caucasus.
The meeting is an extension of the telephone conversation
betweenKirakosyan and his Israeli counterpart Dani Ayalon. Armenia
expresseddiscontent with the conversation, despite its friendly
nature. Ayalonavoided use of the term "Armenian genocide of 1915",
preferring to say"tragedy of 1915".
He denied the Armenian belief that Israel refuses to recognise
thegenocide to please Turkey. Concerning Azerbaijan, Israeli
ForeignMinister Avigdor Lieberman said that their cooperation model
is a goodexample for relations with other Islamic states.
Ayalon noted that Israel is interested in friendly ties with all
SouthCaucasian states and supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group
toresolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.There
are no details about the negotiations of Avivi and Armeniandiplomats.
There has been no progress in controversial moments betweenthe two
states yet.
Vestnik Kavkaza
Sept 9 2011
A group of Armenian diplomats headed by Foreign Minister
ArmenKirakosyan has met a high-ranking official of the Israeli
ForeignMinistry, Pinkhas Avivi.
Avivi was the former Israeli Ambassador to Turkey in 2003-2007. He
iscurrently supervising links with the CIS and Eastern Europe.
Theofficial is obviously the best candidate for negotiations
betweenIsrael and Armenia for his advanced studies of the South
Caucasus.
The meeting is an extension of the telephone conversation
betweenKirakosyan and his Israeli counterpart Dani Ayalon. Armenia
expresseddiscontent with the conversation, despite its friendly
nature. Ayalonavoided use of the term "Armenian genocide of 1915",
preferring to say"tragedy of 1915".
He denied the Armenian belief that Israel refuses to recognise
thegenocide to please Turkey. Concerning Azerbaijan, Israeli
ForeignMinister Avigdor Lieberman said that their cooperation model
is a goodexample for relations with other Islamic states.
Ayalon noted that Israel is interested in friendly ties with all
SouthCaucasian states and supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group
toresolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.There
are no details about the negotiations of Avivi and Armeniandiplomats.
There has been no progress in controversial moments betweenthe two
states yet.