No drastic change expected in Karabakh process due to oncoming elections in Armenia, AzerbaijanMarch 11, 2011 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group’s initiative on investigation of incidents on the line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijani armed forces will help call the conflicting parties to discipline, according to the director of the Armenian subsidiary of the Institute of CIS Studies. Commenting on the Armenian-Azerbaijan-Russia presidential meeting in Sochi, Alexander Markarov noted that minor, yet important progress was observed. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, no drastic steps in Karabakh issue are to be expected in view of oncoming elections both in Armenia and Azerbaijan. 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. |