  Expert doubts France will assume leadership in Minsk Group efforts  October 19, 2011 - 14:43 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Russia’s active involvement in OSCE Minsk Group efforts is not an attempt to compensate for the passivity of co-chairing France and U.S., according to Caucasus Institute director. “In reality, Russia’s activity have been endorsed by U.S. and France following Russia-Georgia conflict, which made it clear that Moscow has better ability to tackle regional situation as compared to Paris and Washington,” Alexander Iskandaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. Iskandaryan expressed confidence for the situation to remain unchanged as far as Russia’s involvement is concerned. The expert, however, doubted over France’s assuming leadership in Minsk Group activities.  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 |  Latest 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. |
