Planned Brussels meeting between Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders scrappedNovember 25, 2022 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Friday, November 25 cancelled a planned meeting with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who he said had demanded the mediation of French President Emmanuel Macron, AFP reports. Azerbaijan has accused France of backing Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On Friday, Aliyev said he would not be meeting with Pashinyan in Brussels on December 7 because the Armenian leader demanded that Macron attend the talks. Pashinyan "has agreed to the meeting only on condition that the President of France Macron take part," Aliyev told an international conference in Azerbaijan's capital Baku. "That means the meeting will not take place." He accused Pashinyan of attempting to "scupper the peace talks." There was no immediate reaction from Armenia. The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia last met in Prague on 6 October 2022 in the margins of the first European Political Community at the invitation of the President of the French Republic and the President of the European Council. Top stories 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. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. |