Armenia and Karabakh Striving for Maximal IntegrationFebruary 8, 2006 - 17:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh are striving for maximal integration, Armenian President Robert Kocharian during the meeting with the Armenian community of Sweden. The Armenian leader reminded that several months ago he said the relations between Armenia and Karabakh may be called "asymmetric confederation." When responding to the questions of the meeting participants, Robert Kocharian stated that Yerevan and Stepanakert do not pursue the policy of settling the territories forming the security belt around Karabakh. In his words, such policy would create "political difficulties" for Armenia. The President underscored that the absence of such policy was proved by the OSCE fact-finding mission that visited the region a year ago, reported Mediamax. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |