No decision on Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders’ meeting: officialMarch 25, 2016 - 12:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - No decision has been made on a meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents in the United States, Armenia’s Deputy Parliament Speaker said Thursday, March 24. The official made the remarks while answering to a question about a possible meeting on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Washington, Panorama.am reports. According to Eduard Sharmazanov, Armenia’s leader Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to attend the international summit, with the President’s staff set to inform the public in case a meeting is planned. Also, Sharmazanov slammed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s contempt towards the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, urging him against escalating or further destabilizing the situation in the conflict zone. “This is totally unacceptable,” Sharmazanov said. “On the eve of Easter and Novruz, Azerbaijan has been intensifying its military rhetoric. The international community should address such a turn of affairs by all means.” 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 | 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. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |