INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT ARRIVING IN YEREVAN TODAYDecember 6, 2003 - 17:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Anri Jacolen (France), Rudolf Perina (US) as well as co-chairman of the Minsk conference on the Karabakh settlement, first deputy to the Russian minister of foreign affairs Vyacheslav Trubnikov are arriving in Yerevan with a special flight from Baku today. In the course of the visit the mediators will hold meetings with RA President Robert Kocharian (with the participation of Armenian FM Vardan Oskanian) and with defense minister Serge Sargsian. Tomorrow, December 7, the mediators will leave for Stepanakert where they are to meet with the NKR leadership. As V. Oskanian stated in Yerevan earlier, the mediators visit aims at resuming the dialogue between the Armenian and Azeri Presidents and at the exchange of opinions on some ideas referring the conflict resolving. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |