OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore arrives in ArmeniaJune 11, 2012 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, will travel to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan next week to meet government leaders, representatives of political parties for discussions of the OSCE’s work in the region. The Chairperson will be in Yerevan on 11 and 12, Tbilisi on 12 and 13 and Baku on 13 and 14 June. Making progress towards lasting settlements of protracted conflicts in the OSCE area is a key priority of the Irish OSCE Chairmanship. During the visit the Chairperson-in-Office will discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process, issues following the 2008 conflict in Georgia and co-operation with the OSCE, in particular with its Offices in Yerevan and Baku. The Chairperson-in-Office will hold news conferences in Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |