Region not ready to compromise, Russian expert saysOctober 2, 2010 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus is a controversial region and it’s hard to come to an agreement here, according to a Russian expert. “There is a large number of problems experts and public view from different angles,” director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the World Security Institute said during “Problems of Security and Information Cooperation in South Caucasus” conference in Yerevan. “The region is not ready to compromise,” he said. For his part, editor-in-chief of Free Georgia newspaper Tato Laskhishvili said that the conference offers a good opportunity to restore information space throughout the Caucasus. 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 | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |