OSCE rep: situation in Karabakh may exacerbateJune 12, 2013 - 20:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The situation in Nagorno Karabakh may exacerbate in the view of Armenia’s intention to launch air communication with the region, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts said. Andrey Deshchitsa noted during Kyiv Strategic Discussion Club that the reluctance of Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to hold a bilateral meeting generates threats. He said Ukraine's OSCE chairmanship addressed both sides to hold a meeting on presidential level as soon as possible. Mr. Deshchitsa further noted the presidential elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as Russia’s hosting of Sochi 2014 Olympics as stabilizing factors in the region. “Russia plays a constructive role in the preservation of peace in the region,” he said. 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |