Karabakh conflict "among Russia's foreign policy priorities"December 2, 2019 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia continues to play an active role in mediation efforts aimed at settling the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, according to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry ahead of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Azerbaijan. "Assistance to the parties in the Karabakh settlement process is one of the Russian foreign policy priorities and is in the center of Russian President's attention," the statement says. "We presume that the conflict can be resolved exclusively by political and diplomatic means, through dialogue between the parties. "We will continue to contribute to reaching a settlement both as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group and as a separate nation, taking into account our close relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia." Lavrov will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on December 2-3 to hold meetings with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will meet in Bratislava on December 4. 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 | 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. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |