Negotiation process on Karabakh frozen till 2009June 11, 2007 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The meeting between Armenian and Azeri Presidents in St. Petersburg put an end to the negotiation process on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict till 2009, political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan stated to a press conference in Yerevan. He said, OSCE and particularly the Minsk Group exerted heavy pressures on Armenia and Azerbaijan for adopting any agreement. "It was very important for OSCE to reach a success because of the Kosovo problem. However, the presidents could not come to an agreement, which was expected," the Armenian political scientist said. He also thinks that no military operations are expected till 2025. "Currently it is very important to prepare for a variant of war during the remaining 10-15 years. Azerbaijan increases its arsenal, but I want to remind that Azeris had 94-times superiority over Armenians in equipment in 1991. Armenia must be always ready for war," he said, adding that despite some differences, the OSCE MG Co-Chairs have the same stance in preventing any possible war. At the same time he stressed, during their meeting with press in Baku and Yerevan the OSCE MG Co-Chairs used to say such things that people want to hear from them. "Those are diplomatic games, which are a part for exerting pressure on the conflicting sides," the political scientist underscored. As to if NKR belongs to Azerbaijan, Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan stated that Nagorno Karabakh has never been a part of either Azerbaijan, or Azeri SSR. "During the soviet times NKAO obeyed central authorities in Moscow, and in no way Baku. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |