  CSTO Secretary General and EU special representative discuss situation in South CaucasusDecember 24, 2009 - 13:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha and EU special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed situation in South Caucasus. The parties exchanged views on security provision in the region.The meeting focused on Armenia-Turkey rapprochement issues, Karabakh conflict settlement and the situation in South Caucasus after August 2008 events. Nikolay Bordyuzha briefed Peter Semneby on CSTO assessments of issues discussed, as well as his vision of perspectives for Caucasus situation stabilization. The Swiss diplomat spoke about CSTO activities in this direction as well as plans of implementation of programs within Eastern partnership. The parties emphasized the importance of the meeting and agreed to continue contacts into the future.   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 |  Related sections Topics Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities.Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |
