Armenia should transfer Karabakh talks to legal ground – DPA leaderJune 16, 2011 - 14:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia should reject the Madrid principles for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and transfer the negotiations to the legal ground, according to Aram Sargsyan, leader of Democratic Party of Armenia. “The Armenian Parliament should recognize the legality of Karabakh’s secession from Azerbaijan. as well as the fact that formation of independent Artsakh state was in line with all norms of international law,” he told a press conference. As regards the Kazan meeting, according to Sargsyan, it will be completion of the current stage of talks. He drew attention to diametrically opposite positions of the sides in the conflict and noted that only international pressure may result in signing of any formal agreement. The trilateral meeting is scheduled for June 25 in Kazan. Experts do not exclude that a certain document on Karabakh conflict settlement will be signed during the meeting. On May 26, on the sidelines of G8 summit in Deauville, Presidents of Russia, U.S. and France adopted a joint statement on the Karabakh conflict settlement and urged the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to “prepare population for peace, but not war,” as well as “finalize works on basic principles for the settlement during the upcoming meeting in June.” 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 | Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. 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. |