AZERBAIJAN EXPECTS ACTIVATION OF KARABAKH TALKS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONSeptember 24, 2003 - 19:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After the presidential election in Azerbaijan the negotiations over Nagorno Karabakh settlement will activate. As reported by "Interfax" agency, chief of the department of foreign relations of the president's administration Novrus Mamedov stated yesterday. "Azerbaijan is ready to any possible compromises not violating the territorial integrity of the republic," he said. Meetings of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia with co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will soon be held in Switzerland, N. Mamedov noted. "One should not overrate the importance of the meeting, as the determinative decision on the conflict settlement can only be achieved at a meeting of heads of the states," he said. 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 | 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. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. |