 FM: Armenia will keep assisting OSCE Yerevan office  January 30, 2012 - 19:08 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On January 30, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with newly-elected head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan Andrey Sorokin. Minister Nalbandian welcomed Sorokin, congratulated him on the appointment, voicing hope for him to take every effort to strengthen cooperation. Mr. Sorokin, in turn, favored Armenia’s active involvement in OSCE activity. In this, context Armenian FM expressed satisfaction with the organization’s local mission, noting Armenia’s intention to keep fostering activity of OSCE Yerevan office. The two men further focused on a number of regional issues, ministerial press service reported.  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 |  Latest 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. |
