  UN has no relevance to OSCE Field Assessment Mission October 4, 2010 - 14:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE Field Assessment Mission in Karabakh-surrounding territories has no relevance to stipulations in draft resolution submitted by Azerbaijan to UN General Assembly, despite Azeri assertions to the opposite, Armenian Foreign Minister stated. As Edward Nalbandian said during a joint news conference with his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze, the mission belongs to OSCE, with only a few UN experts on Refugee Issues participating. “No other UN structure is involved in the mission,” Nalbandian stressed. “The mission aims to study general situation in Karabakh conflict region. Two of the co-chairs – Robert Bradtke (USA) and Igor Popov (Russia) have been appointed a short while ago, so they use the occasion to familiarize themselves with the situation onsite,” the Foreign Minister stated, adding that the co-chairs will arrive in Yerevan on the evening of October 6.   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 |  Latest news Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries  NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said.Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north.U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said.Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |
