YEREVAN EXPECTS RENEWED PROPOSALS ON KARABAKH FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORSMarch 28, 2003 - 18:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's attitude towards the international community in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has not changed: we work with the OSCE Minsk group and will assert our position in the issue. Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian said in the course of an interactive press conference yesterday. Speaking of the coming visit of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs to the region of the Karabakh confrontation by May, the minister noted Yerevan expected that the international mediators would provide "not new proposals on the settlement, but maybe renewed versions of the ones being negotiated since the Key West meeting." Answering the question whether the Armenian party's approach to the Karabakh issue was coherent with US president George W. Bush's motto "peace via force", V. Oskanian said, "If president Bush means that to secure peace one should have strong defense, we follow the policy, too." Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |