Foreign Minister, OSCE MG co-chairs discuss Karabakh settlementMay 24, 2013 - 18:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with the visiting co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques Faure (France), Ian Kelly (U.S.) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. The May 24 meeting focused on peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, with the co-chairs briefing the Armenian official on results of a meeting in Baku. In this context, the Foreign Minister drew the co-chairs’ attention to ongoing military rhetoric of Azerbaijan, which undermines possibility for peaceful settlement, Foreign Ministry press service reported. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |