OFFICIAL BAKU SPARES NO EFFORT TO IMPEDE KARABAKH PARTY PARTICIPATION IN NEGOTIATION PROCESSFebruary 13, 2004 - 19:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Official Baku does not strive for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, on the contrary it exerts every effort to hinder the participation of the Karabakh side in the negotiation process and present Armenia to the world community as an aggressor, NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian stated in Stepanakert at the meeting with the delegation of non-governmental organizations of Great Britain and the US headed by the director of the London Information Network on Conflict and State-Building Stephen Nash. In the words of the NKR leader, undertaking steps of the kind Azerbaijan tries to gain time for resolving of the conflict by force. "Armenia is the guarantor of the safety of the Karabakh people, however it is not empowered to seal their fate", Ghukasian stated. Upon completion of the meeting LINKS head S. Nash said that the participation of all the parties to conflict is necessary for the problem settlement and creation of the atmosphere of mutual confidence. 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 | Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1. U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia. PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. |