Karabakh involvement crucial to peace talks amid Azeri threats: speakerFebruary 18, 2014 - 15:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nagorno Karabakh Republic parliament speaker Ashot Ghulyan hosted members of the Armenian-British parliamentary friendship group led by an MP John Whittingdale. At the meeting Mr Ghulyan welcomed the British parliamentarians’ interest to the NKR, further briefing them about the republic’s stance on the Karabakh conflict. As the speaker stressed in this context, effective settlement talks are impossible without the republic’s involvement. According to the speaker, recent incidents at contact line between the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces, as well as Baku’s militaristic rhetoric testify to the country’s attempts to hinder the peaceful settlement of the conflict. The parties agreed to continue discussions in Stepanakert as well as London. Peace talks for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict can't be effective without the republic's involvement in all the stages of negotiations, Artsakh President’s spokesman David Babayan said, commenting on a Twitter post of the U.S. Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. As Ambassador James Warlick said in his Twitter post February 13, "Greek and Turkish Cypriots announced they will have full-fledged negotiations on a settlement. Why can't this happen for Nagorno Karabakh?" The NKR foreign ministry replied to the post as follows "We agree that it's high time for restoration of full-fledged negotiations with direct participation of Nagorno Karabakh." Babayan further stressed the importance of the OSCE MG U.S. Ch-chair's message, adding that all the parties will benefit from Karabakh's involvement in the negotiations. According to Babayan, to achieve serious results, the talks should be held in the format approved at Budapest summit, to include Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. |