Armenia, Azerbaijan set to coordinate Karabakh statement: RussiaDecember 5, 2018 - 13:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are planning to coordinate a statement on Nagorno Karabakh, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a weekly briefing. "On the eve of the opening of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan on December 5, i.e. today, a meeting is scheduled between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the Nagorno Karabakh settlement mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, U.S., France)," Zakharova said. According to her, a statement on the settlement of the conflict is set to be agreed upon. “I think you (journalists) will be informed in detail,” Zakharova said. Acting Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will meet in Milan on December 5, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan revealed earlier. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |