NATO Promotes OSCE MG Activities to Solve Karabakh ConflictMay 23, 2006 - 20:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO does not directly participate in the talks over peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Special Representative of the NATO Secretary General for the South Caucasus Robert Simmons stated at a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, the NATO promotes the OSCE MG activities to solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. «As of deployment of NATO peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone, I think the parties should agree first, and then the issue of peacekeepers may be raised. Speaking of peacekeepers in the zone of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is still early and the NATO does not offer its assistance in the matter,» Simmons remarked. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |