Fresh talks to seek notable progress for changing status quo: BakuMay 31, 2016 - 18:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Another meeting on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is expected to be held in June to achieve significant progress in changing the status quo, said Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, local media report. He made the remarks at the North Atlantic Council as part of an Azerbaijan-NATO meeting at NATO headquarters on Tuesday, May 31. According to him, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the entire world community consider the status quo “unreliable and unacceptable.” The Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents met in Vienna on May 16, with top diplomats from Russia, France and the United States mediating the talks as the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Mammadyarov will on May 31 meet with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs in Brussels, the U.S. mediator, Ambassador James Warlick said. Meanwhile, Armenian foreign policy chief Edward Nalbandian did not exclude separate meetings between the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in June. 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 | Aliyev touts “good chances” for normalizing ties with Armenia Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared that there are “good chances” for normalizing relations with Armenia. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. IDBank unveils three sad stories about fraudsters IDBank has unveiled three scenarios of card fraud that have been happening more and more often in Armenia. NATO encourages Yerevan, Baku to address humanitarian issues The evolving security environment has had a significant impact on NATO’s partners in the South Caucasus. |