  RA MFA: Baku’s destructive behavior hampered signature of five-sided statement in Almaty  July 19, 2010 - 12:22 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The five-sided meeting between heads of delegations of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair counties and Armenian and Azerbaijan Foreign Ministers in Almaty was useful, although Baku’s destructive behavior hampered signature of five-sided statement, Armenia’s top diplomat said. “The statement issued by Sergei Lavrov, Bernard Kouchner and James Steinberg bases of the December 1, 2009 OSCE Ministerial Council’s statement and mentions the three principles of conflict resolution: non-use of force, right of nations to self-determination and territorial integrity,” Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said. “Selective approach to the principles fixed in the statements is inadmissible,” he added, RA MFA press office reported.   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 |  Topic 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. |
