Presidential elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan can't suspend Karabakh processSeptember 17, 2007 - 20:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "We had a very fruitful meeting with the newly elected President of Nagorno Karabakh. We got a lot of interesting information. The first contact was a success," OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-chair, Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov told a news conference in Yerevan today."Yerevan meetings with President Kocharian and Foreign Minister Oskanian also produced effect. We suppose that our trip to Baku will give impetus to the process and the meetings with the Azeri leadership will be also efficient," the Russian diplomat said. For his part, French Ambassador Bernard Fassier said the possibility of a presidential meeting may appear after meetings in Baku. The forthcoming presidential elections in both states cannot suspend the negotiation process. The Presidents can meet if there is a necessity," Mr Fassier said. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |