Iranian Ambassador to Armenia: preserving peace important for regionFebruary 24, 2012 - 15:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran’s ambasasdor to Armenia Seyed Ali Sagayan said he believes his country’s position was the most neutral and balanced one in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Speaking at a meeting with students of Yerevan State University, the ambassador noted: “The most important thing is preserving the peace, in particular, in our region which has the potential to flare up quickly, as was the case with the Russian-Georgian war.” Georgian troops attacked the South Ossetia on August 8, 2008 and ruined part of its capital city Tskhinvali. In an attempt to protect the population of South Ossetia, most of them being Russian citizens, Russia’s military entered the republic and forced the Georgian forces out of the region following five-day hostilities. In late August 2008 Russia recognized independence of South Ossetia and another former Georgian autonomy Abkhazia. Tbilisi reacted to this by breaking off diplomatic relations with Moscow and declaring the two Transcaucasian republics occupied territories. 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 | Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. 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. |