Azerbaijan’s policy a challenge to international community, Minister saysDecember 25, 2015 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan held an annual press conference Friday, December 25. At the press conference, Mirzoyan briefed reporters on the 2015 foreign policy activities including campaign for international recognition of Karabakh independence, peaceful settlement of the conflict, provision of favorable conditions for Artsakh's development, improvement of international cooperation at all possible levels. In particular, the Minister dwelled upon decentralized cooperation as a way to develop ties between foreign countries and Nagorno Karabakh. In this context, Mirzoyan mentioned the festival French Days in Artsakh held in the fall of 2015, with over 200 guests from France participating. Elaborating on the process of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the Foreign Minister noted that Azerbaijan's policy constituted blatant disrespect towards the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and a challenge to the international community. In this context, Mirzoyan attached great importance to the immediate development and implementation of border investigation mechanisms on the line of contact. This measure, according to him, would allow to reveal the actual culprit behind the ceasefire violations, i.e. Azerbaijan, to avoid further untargeted calls on the parties to the conflict. Also, Mirzoyan presented the priorities of the Karabakh Foreign Ministry for 2016, stressing, in particular, the peaceful settlement of the conflict and the international recognition of Artsakh. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. |