Armenian experts to attend symposium on Karabakh in WashingtonOctober 12, 2011 - 21:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ways to peacefully resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed at a symposium in George Mason University, Washington, with participation of officials from Armenia and Azerbaijan. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from a reliable source, the Armenian side will be represented by Foreign Ministry official Tigran Mkrtchyan, director of the Regional Studies Center Richard Giragosian and director of the International Center for Human Development Tevan Poghosyan. Azerbaijan will be represented by Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev, acting head of the Center of Strategic Studies Gyulshan Pashaeva and member of the Diplomatic Academy Taleh Ziyadov. Tom de Waal, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will be the moderator of the discussions. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |