Baku's adventurism has damaged Karabakh peace process: ArmeniaApril 1, 2017 - 20:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan’s adventurism has severely damaged the Nagorno Karabakh peace process, Armenia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, April 1. Azerbaijan on April 2, 2016 unleashed a large-scale offensive against Karabakh which left hundreds killed and wounded on both sides. Top Armenian and Azerbaijan defense officials reached an agreement on the cessation of hostilities on April 5 in Moscow. "During the four days of April 2016 Azerbaijan perpetrated the same type of aggressive actions and barbarism it carried out for about four years in early 1990s, when it was trying to deprive the people of Karabakh from their right to exercise their right to self-determination," a foreign ministry statement says. "We pay tribute to the memory of all the heroes who fell repelling Azerbaijan's attack and gave their lives to prevent mass atrocities against the people of Karabakh." While the international community was condemning the gross violations of International Humanitarian Law by the Azerbaijani armed forces, the statement says, Baku continued to hail barbarism. "As a guarantor of Artsakh’s security, Armenia will ensure the safety of the people of Nagorno Karabakh. Together with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries we will continue the efforts aimed at an exclusively peaceful settlement of the conflict," the ministry 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”. |