FRENCH AND GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY REPRESENTATIVES: OSCE IS ORBICULAR NEGOTIATION STRUCTURE FOR KARABAKH SETTLEMENTNovember 12, 2004 - 21:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chief of Armenian President's Staff Artashes Tumanian today received German and French Foreign Ministry Political Directors Michael Scheffer and Stanislav Lefebre, who are in Armenia on a regional visit. He emphasized that Euro integration is a priority task for Armenian foreign policy. In the course of the conversation questions of the current state of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were also discussed. Referring to the Baku latest initiative for transferring the discussion of the problem to another structure, the French and German delegates noted, that a negotiation structure is already formed in the person of the OSCE and there is no need to transfer the issue to other international organizations. During the meeting Armenian-Turkish relations were discussed as well. Presenting Yerevan stance on the matter A. Tumanian noted that Armenia is ready to establish relations with Turkey without any preconditions. 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 | 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. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |