U.S. Ambassador to RA: Information Escape UndesirableFebruary 3, 2006 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans considers escape of information during the talks over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to be undesirable. He stated it when commenting to PanARMENIAN.Net reporter on the unwillingness of the OSCE MG Co-chairs to meet with journalists in Baku and Yerevan. "The U.S. Embassy does not comment on issues of the kind, nevertheless I will say that secrecy is fully justified in this case. The visit of the Co-chairs to the region was the last before the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Rambouillet. The issues discussed at such kind of meetings are secret and escape of information is undesirable," John Evans said. To remind, February 2 the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Steven Mann (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) arrived in Yerevan from Baku. The mediators did not meet with press either in Azerbaijan or Armenia. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |