Karabakh: talk about peacekeepers prematureJune 10, 2011 - 15:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaker of the Nagorno Karabakh National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan said talk about stationing of peacekeeping forces in Karabakh is premature. “This is not an easy matter. If it comes to deployment of peacekeepers, the parties will have to agree on composition, number and stationing zones, but there is no ground for this yet,” Ghulyan told journalists in Yerevan. Earlier, diplomatic sources told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the statement by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, suggesting that an agreement was reached on deployment of peacekeepers in Karabakh is untrue. “The issue wasn't discussed; the negotiations focused on Karabakh status. Neither composition or number of peacekeeping forces were coordinated between the parties,” the source said. According to Azeri media reports, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that an agreement was reached on forming peacekeeping forces outside of OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries. “The issue is yet to be discussed,” the FM added. 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. |