ARMENIAN AND AZERI LEADERS' PRIVATE REPRESENTATIVES ON KARABAKH MEETING INEXPEDIENT, OFFICIAL BAKU CONSIDERSJuly 28, 2003 - 21:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri foreign minister Vilayat Guliyev stated today that the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement will visit the conflict region only upon the completion of the presidential election in Azerbaijan to be held in October. In his words, as reported by "Mediamax" agency, just by this reason Baku considers it inexpedient to hold the meetings of Armenian and Azeri presidents' private representatives on Karabakh settlement in the near future. 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 | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |