Rice: attempts to change OSCE MG format should be disregardedOctober 16, 2008 - 14:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the RA government's press office reported. Voicing opinion that Nagorno Karabakh talks should be continued in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, Dr Rice said that attempts to change the format should be disregarded. For his part, PM Sargsyan emphasized that one-sided support to the principle of territorial integrity and neglect of other norms of the international law are jeopardizing the peace process. Touching on the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, he reiterated Armenia's willingness to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without preconditions. Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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. Partner news |