OSCE mission monitors Armenia-Azerbaijan borderJune 3, 2012 - 16:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 2, the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office monitored Armenian-Azerbaijan border regions near the villages of Aygepar and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur. The monitoring was held by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, Field Assistants Hristo Hristov and Antal Herdich. During the monitoring, OSCE representatives were briefed on June 1 incident at contact line, which left a Nerkin Karmiraghbyur villager injured. The OSCE representatives further met the residents and officials of Aygepar, Movses and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur communities, also taking video and photographic evidence of the incident. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |