Saint Petersburg to host summit on Karabakh conflictJune 9, 2016 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A tripartite summit on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be held in Saint Petersburg. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, State Secretary Grigory Karasin on Thursday, June 9 met with French envoy Jean-Maurice Ripert and French Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for Eastern Partnership, Pierre Andrieu. At the meeting, the parties discussed the Ukraine crisis, as well as the conference on the Karabakh conflict to be held in the Russian city. 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 | Azerbaijan says now controls 4 villages as part of deal with Armenia Azerbaijan's border service has taken control of four villages in the Gazakh district on the border with Armenia. Lukashenko has "very interesting proposal" involving Caucasus Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has said he has "a very interesting proposal" involving the Caucasus region. Azerbaijan establishing three military colleges Three military colleges are being established in Azerbaijan, according to a decree signed by the country’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov. Armenian border troops stationed in Tavush Starting from May 24, the Armenian border troops officially take over the protection of sections of the border in the Tavush region. |