Karabakh hails OSCE envoy’s call to maintain ceasefire ahead of holidaysMarch 19, 2016 - 12:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s Defense Ministry hailed the call by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk for the maintenance of ceasefire in the conflict zone. Kasprzyk earlier urged the conflicting parties to refrain from activities that could further escalate the situation ahead of Easter and Novruz. “The Karabakh army has taken one-sided confidence-building measures, seeking to ease tensions during the whole period of the armed confrontation,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. “The armed forces are ready to stay true to their principles in the period that the Personal Representative has mentioned.” At the same time, the Karabakh ministry said it expected to see Azerbaijan’s readiness to adhere to the ceasefire agreement and abstain from provocations. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |