Clinton condemns recent incidents at Azeri-Armenian contact lineJune 6, 2012 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the recent incidents at the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces. “An end must be put to the violence. I conveyed the U.S. readiness to foster the conflict settlement to Azerbaijani President,” she said during a joint briefing with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. Mammadyarov, in turn, noted that the meeting with Clinton was very productive, with discussion of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement being in focus. “Several ideas were voiced on steps to be taken to achieve progress towards the conflict’s settlement,” Azerbaijan Press Agency (APA) quoted Mammadyarov as saying. On June 18, Paris will host a meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers and OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. The United States believes there should be an international mission to provide transparency. Partner news | Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. U.S. encourages Armenia, Azerbaijan to “bridge differences” The United States encourages Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a durable and lasting peace agreement. |