Armenia won't make fundamental concession in Karabakh issueJuly 16, 2008 - 14:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Resolution of the Nagonro Karabakh conflict is unlikely in the near future, a Russian expert said. Armenia will never make fundamental concession in the issue, Mikhail Alexandrov, head of the Caucasus department at Moscow's Institute for Commonwealth of Independent States, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter during a news conference in Yerevan. "Armenians should put up with the fact that there will be no progress for a long time. The world is experiencing global processes caused by the economic crisis which will probably entail U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and decline of NATO. These processes will lead to shift in geopolitical balance in the region," he said. As to the format of talks, the expert said no one except for Baku wants to replace the OSCE Minsk Group. "Transfer of the issue to another instance will change nothing," he emphasized. "Ilham Aliyev seems to be irritated at Serzh Sargsyan's victory in the presidential election. Western countries have obviously assured Aliyev that with Ter-Petrossian coming to power in Armenia, the Karabakh problem will be resolved in favor of Azerbaijan. However, it didn't happen, so much the better," Alexandrov said. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |