RA MFA: Anyway U.S. State Department acknowledged its mistakeApril 26, 2007 - 20:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "From the very beginning the approach to the changes in U.S. State Department's report was not serious. Never mind, they will change it one more time. The main thing is that by the first amendment and statements the United States acknowledged its mistake," RA MFA Acting Press Officer Vladimir Karapetyan stated commenting on the second correction in U.S. State Department's 2006 report on Human Rights, the RA MFA Press Office reports. Last week by Armenia's demand "occupied Nagorno Karabakh" formulation was removed from the text of the U.S. State Department's 2006 report on Human Rights. However on April 24 the text was restored in its original form. Currently it reads as follows, "occupied by Armenia territories of Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh". Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |