Baku discouraged by OSCE MG Co-Chairs statementJuly 20, 2010 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku has been discouraged by OSCE MG Co-Chairs statement made in Almaty, according to member of RA National Assembly and RPA parliamentary group Gagik Melikyan. “Azerbaijan was clearly told that acceptance of territorial integrity principle should be followed by consideration of people’s right for self determination and non-use of force,” RPA member told a news conference in Yerevan. As he reminded, the lands claimed by Baku to belong to Azerbaijan are actually the territory of the Republic of Artsakh, which entitles Karabakh to the right of decision-making on the issue in question. 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 | 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. |