Bernard Fassier: OSCE MG should not be slammedDecember 19, 2011 - 20:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Outgoing French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group called against criticizing O OSCE Minsk Group. “We have been working very effectively to enable the parties to discuss all issues both on presidential and ministerial levels,” Bernard Fassier told a news conference, dwelling on mediation efforts. “At the end of 2007, we introduced the basic principles, further proposing their altered versions. Unfortunately hopes that existed before the resulting meeting in Kazan yielded no results. Settlement of such a conflict is a very complicated process. For instance, when I assumed the post no international community member could visit the surrounding area of Nagorno Karabakh, whereas presently it is already possible. 2 such missions have already been adopted (first in 2005, second in October, 2010),” Fassier stated. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |