Expert: Baku won’t venture a blitzkriegFebruary 24, 2011 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Board chairman of Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan said that the parties to the Karabakh conflict need to display patience, as the conflict cannot be settled within a day. “No progress will be recorded in the process without Karabakh’s participation in negotiations and the Karabakh people’s will,” Grigoryan told a press conference in Yerevan. Grigoryan was skeptical about the possibility of Azerbaijan’s withdrawal from negotiations and launch of hostilities in Karabakh. According to the political analyst, Baku will not dare oppose to the superpowers and wage hostilities in Karabakh. “There will be no blitzkrieg,” he concluded. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |