15 January, 2010
Russia Tells Turkey that it’s not right to link Karabakh issue with Armenian-Turkish relations
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The Prime minister of Russia Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, after the meeting with the prime minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
declared at a meeting with journalists that «it is not right to co-ordinate the decision of the Karabakh conflict and regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations in one package».
Speaking at a Moscow diplomatic academy earlier in the day, Erdogan implicitly urged the Russians to do more to broker a Karabakh settlement. He said they can become “the most important actor” in the Karabakh peace process. Erdogan also added that the important role in regulation of the Karabakh conflict must play the OSCE Minsk Group.
On January 14, during the talks with his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow’s support for an unconditional normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations and discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. Minister Lavrov denied opinion that his visit to Yerevan is somehow connected with a visit the prime minister of Turkey Erdogan to Moscow.
Speaking about Karabakh issue Lavrov said that Russia wants to «assist in working out of principles of the peace treaty acceptable to both parties and the Karabakh Armenians’ views “can not fail to be taken into account” during the elaboration of a comprehensive peace accord.
Sarkisian’s press secretary, Samvel Farmanian, later told RFE/RL that the Armenian leader will visit Moscow at Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s invitation on January 18. He noted that Sarkisian and Medvedev could discuss the possibility of having another trilateral meeting with their Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.
The screening discussion of the documentary “Neither War nor Peace” was organized by Peace Dialogue NGO for Zangakatun charitable foundation’s Zangak social service center’s beneficiaries on August 27. The previous screening discussion of Peace Dialogue member Vahagn Antonyan and his Azerbaijani colleague Asef Guliev from AzTV was held in “Crossing Roads” NGO on August 2. Several participants of “One day with my friends” project of Peace Dialogue also attended the discussion in Zangak, who had been actively involved in the discussion and shared together with the Zangak beneficiaries their emotions and thoughts after seeing the documentary. 
Cooperation for Development NGO with the support of the US Embassy in Armenia and US Alumni Association of Armenia is organizing a training course on “Career Orientation for Youth” in Yerevan, September 2010. Selected participants will be informed about the dates and venue of the training course. It will last for 5 days.
The International Peace and Development Training Centre (IPDTC) is pleased to announce it’s Autumn Peace Academy (APA). Courses may be taken individually or together. 
The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) is recognized as a leading organisation in the fields of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, violence prevention and post-war recovery.