Lennmarker urges to achieve peaceful solution to Karabakh conflict through discussionsNovember 26, 2010 - 15:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The chairman of the governing board of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Goran Lennmarker commented on the possibility to reach an agreement on withdrawal of snipers from the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces during the oncoming presidential meeting in Astana. “I don’t know what will happen in Astana,” he said during “European Perspectives in the Context of Eastern Partnership and the Process of Negotiation of Association Agreement” international conference. “But the problem is Karabakh conflict is not frozen. It costs about 20-30 lives a year. Young men die along the line, and it costs a lot economically and politically. That is why the conflicting parties should compromise and find a peaceful solution through discussions,” Lennmarker stated in reply to PanARMENIAN.Net reporter’s 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 | 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. |