PACE MONITORING GROUPS TO VISIT NAGORNO KARABAKHMarch 19, 2002 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The PACE monitoring groups' visit to Nagorno Karabakh conflict region will take place in early April. Deputy head of Armenian delegation to the PACE Armen Rustamian has reported this. According to him, April 5-7 the monitoring will take place in Azerbaijan, April 8 the reporters on Armenia and Azerbaijan will visit Nagorno Karabakh. April 10, as Rustamian has noted, the reporters will arrive in Yerevan and carry out the monitoring in the republic. Rustamian has stressed the decision of the PACE commission members to visit Nagorno Karabakh caused the displeasure of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE motivating its position with that the visit of the reporters to HKR means indirect recognition of Nagorno Karabakh's independence. But, Rustamian has noted the arguments of Azerbaijani delegation did not influence the position of the commission members. He has added the visit will take place after the reconfirmation of that decision at the meeting of the PACE Bureau taking place March 25-26 in Saint Petersburg. 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. |