RA FM: Karabakh settlement priority for ArmeniaApril 30, 2008 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Wednesday with heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Armenia the RA MFA press office reported. The Minister briefed on priorities of Armenia's foreign policy and its approaches to international processes. "Armenia will continue strengthening partnership with Russia and the U.S. as well as collaboration with major international organizations, including UN, OSCE, CoE," he said. "Armenia also attaches importance to relations with immediate neighbors and to normalization of relations with the states with which it experiences problems." Minister Nalbandian emphasized that resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is Armenia's priority. He confirmed the willingness to continue talks in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. He also reiterated Armenia's readiness to normalize relations with Turkey without preconditions. Top stories 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. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |