OFFICIAL MOSCOW THINKS EUROPEAN COUNCIL JOINING KARABAKH SETTLEMENT TALKS MAKES NO SENSEDecember 6, 2001 - 22:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At today's conversation with Armenian National Assembly speaker Armen Khachatrayn, Russian Federation State Duma chairman Gennady Seleznev has stated that the Official Moscow can not even think that Karabakh can be seriously considered as a country engaged in the international terrorism and drugtraffic by anyone. The Russian parliament lower chamber head noted that the positions of Russia and Armenia completely agree regarding the issue of the format of the talks on the conflict settlement. Both Moscow and Yerevan think that at this stage there is no need for the European Council's participation in the talks held within the Minsk group framework. 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 | Russian Ambassador to Armenia summoned to Moscow for consultations Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has been summoned to Moscow for consultations. Azerbaijan says now controls 4 villages as part of deal with Armenia Azerbaijan's border service has taken control of four villages in the Gazakh district on the border with Armenia. Lukashenko has "very interesting proposal" involving Caucasus Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has said he has "a very interesting proposal" involving the Caucasus region. Azerbaijan establishing three military colleges Three military colleges are being established in Azerbaijan, according to a decree signed by the country’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov. |