YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-The Armenian government on Thursday allocated US$100,000 in financial assistance to Haiti and explained its failure to send a rescue team to the earthquake-ravaged nation.
Armenia's Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian told reporters Wednesday that Armenia refused to discuss the Karabakh conflict with Turkey during meetings in Washington this week, since Turkey does not-and cannot-have a role in the Karabakh conflict resolution process.
Armenian officials on Friday were quick to dismiss a report that Turkey is considering temporarily opening its border with Armenia for a NATO disaster-relief exercise in September, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.