Time to slightly reconsider Armenia's policy in Karabakh issueMarch 15, 2007 - 16:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Currently we need activation in the negotiation process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan told a press conference in Yerevan. He said, it's time to slightly reconsider Armenia's policy in this issue. "The Azeri side acts more active than the Armenian side, it invests huge money in the propaganda from its viewpoint. We cannot seat and wait, because this work finally will begin to yield its fruit," Torosyan stressed. As to the 2006 human rights report of U.S. State Department, where Nagorno Karabakh and the territories under its control are labeled as "occupied territories", Tigran Torosyan said those formulations are unacceptable and rough for Armenia. "NKR has no relation to the human rights report. The United State is a OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair country and givers assistance to Nagorno Karabakh every year. All this does not coincide with ideas of the State Department," Torosyan said. He reminded there are two principles on the base of the settlement - territorial integrity and the right of a nation to self-determination. "If only one principle is touched in the report, it would be expedient to mention and the second one - the right to self-determination, the RA NA Speaker underscored. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. 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”. |