Armenia spots more enthusiasm in OSCE mediators' Karabakh effortsNovember 16, 2017 - 14:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are taking a more proactive approach in the process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Armenia's deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters on Thursday, November 16, Aysor.am reports. "Generally, the direction of the process was given at a summit in Vienna, and it hasn't changed ever since," Kocharyan said. According to him, however, there is no progress in the settlement process, while the situation remains 'explosive' to a certain extent. Also, Kocharyan repeated once more that no proposals have been made by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. Weighing in on a possible meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign policy chiefs, the Armenian diplomat said that they are holding separate meetings with the mediators, and that a joint meetings can't be ruled out. Armenian foreign minister met the mediators on Tuesday, November 16, while his Azerbaijani counterpart is meeting the OSCE mediators on Thursday. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |