Armenia Satisfied With OSCE Minsk Group NegotiationsDecember 15, 2005 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian side is satisfied with the discussions that took place with the OSCE Minsk Group. The Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian declared this during a press conference held today in Yerevan. "In our opinion the year of 2005 marked positive changes in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and hopefully this positive trend will be maintained next year too", Head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry noted. According to him, at present there is no pack with proposals from the mediators lying on the table of negotiations. Today we are mainly discussing the general principals to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and also additional elements. Only in case an agreement on these issues has been reached, they can constitute draft proposals, said he. Speaking about the venue and dates for the next meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, V. Oskanian noted that at present there were no concrete arrangements made. "There is an intention to hold this meeting early next year", finalised the foreign minister. 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 accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |