China supports peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict![]() September 4, 2017 - 18:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - China supports the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, defense minister Chang Wanquan said at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vigen Sargsyan on Monday, September 4. The two military officials were meeting in Beijing to discuss issues of international and regional importance, bilateral relations and support for each other on global arenas. At the meeting, Sargsyan briefed the Chinese official on the current situation in the Karabakh conflict zone. He said that while Armenia is committed to finding an exclusively peaceful solution to the conflict, its armed forces are always ready for any development. The sides agreed that more efforts should be made to deepen Armenian-Chinese cooperation, given the necessary potential that both countries possess. Armenian and Chinese defense ministries signed the cooperation program for 2017 in April of this year. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. 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. Partner news |