RA Foreign Minister discusses with MG OSCE the possibility of meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidentsOctober 1, 2009 - 22:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian today received the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradke (USA) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. This is already the second meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The officials discussed issues related to a possible meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the framework of the forthcoming CIS summit in Chisinau, as well as issues related to the negotiations process over the Karabakh conflict and the Madrid principles. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 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. |