Stepan Safaryan: NATO PA should refrain from discussing Karabakh issueJuly 30, 2010 - 20:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After NATO PA session in Riga, Azeri delegation announced that a possibility to draft a report on Karabakh issue was discussed with NATO Parliamentary Assembly President John Tanner. The head of Armenian parliamentary delegation in NATO PA Karen Avagyan denied the information at the time, Heritage party leader, member of RA parliamentary delegation in NATO PA Stepan Safaryan stated. As he pointed out in a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, “Discussion of Karabakh conflict in any other structure but OSCE MG is unacceptable. In the present case, NATO PA has to realize, the Azeri initiative aims at raising the issue in international structures rather than promote its settlement.” “Should NATO PA accept the suggestion, thus supporting destructive position of Azerbaijan, Armenia might need to give a serious thought as to unhealthy atmosphere within the Organisation,” Safaryan stated. 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. |