U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South CaucasusMay 1, 2024 - 12:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State Vedant Patel told a briefing in Tuesday, April 30. Patel’s remarks came one day after Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend. Patel said it should come to no surprise that this is an area of the world that the Secretary himself is “personally deeply engaged on”. “And over the course of his time as Secretary, he has had regular engagements at regular intervals with both of these countries,” Patel added. “And our engagements with both of them are ongoing, and we continue to believe that a peace and – is possible here. And that’s something that we’re going to continue to work towards.” 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 | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |