Expert: replacement of France in OSCE MG will protract Karabakh talksMarch 24, 2012 - 15:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian political analyst forecasts protraction of Nagorno Karabakh talks in case of replacement of France with the EU in the OSCE Minsk Group. According to Alexander Manasyan, Minsk Group’s bureaucratic system will be much more complicated with EU’s joining the negotiation process. The expert further noted that the EU’s position in 90s was quite favorable for Karabakh and urged Armenia to remind EU representatives of it. Mr. Manasyan said that EU accused Azerbaijan of attempting to involve Armenia in the war in its statement in 1993. On March 23, European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted a document on Armenia, proposing to replace France’s mandate in OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement with that of the European Union. The document is to be put to vote at European Parliament’s plenary session supposedly in a month. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |