MG Co-chairs to brief OSCE CiO on the course of Karabakh talksMarch 9, 2011 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 9, Lithuania’s capital Vilnius will host a meeting between OSCE Chairperson in Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis and OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France and Igor Popov of Russia. The Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office, ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk will also attend the meeting. The parties will focus on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement in the light of recent presidential meeting in Sochi. Discussion of confidence building measures between Armenia and Azerbaijan is planned, Lithuanian Foreign Ministry’s press service reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". 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. |