FM says Armenia committed to agreements reached, unlike AzerbaijanJune 12, 2012 - 14:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore expressed hope for progress to be achieved at the upcoming ministerial meeting in devising a mechanism for investigating incidents at the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces. “There must be such a mechanism, and as current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office I will support its development,” he said. Mr. Gilmore stressed the need for the conflicting parties to remove snipers from the line of contact and devise mechanisms to prevent and investigate border incidents. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, in turn, noted that Armenia stands for development of such a mechanism. “In contrast to Azerbaijan, Armenian side upholds commitment to the agreements reached,” Minister Nalbandian said, blaming the Azeri side for foiling implementation of the agreements reached at Sochi meeting. As Defence.az website reported citing military sources, numerous sniper groups have been deployed at contact line and Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Increased number of ceasefire violations on Azeri side has been reported recently. Sources say that up to 25 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in Azeri attacks in recent days in Tavush- Kazakh zone of Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Azerbaijani authorities try hard to concoct reasons behind the deaths and injuries on its side. In fact, these are saboteurs, killed or wounded by Armenian armed forces who were trying to hinder Azeri attacks. Thus, according to Azerbaijani authorities, Azeri soldiers commit mass suicides, get blown up by mines, and die in accidents. 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 | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |