OSCE not involved in organizing Saint Petersburg summit on KarabakhJune 15, 2016 - 10:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) does not take part in works paving the way for a tripartite summit on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, TASS cited OSCE acting spokesperson Natacha Rajakovic as saying on Tuesday, June 14. She said the European security agency was not involved in the process of organizing the summit in Russia’s St. Petersburg and could not comment on it. The Kremlin confirmed on June 10 that preparations were underway for a three-party (Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) summit on the settlement of the conflict. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov named St. Petersburg as a possible venue. Last week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and French Ambassador to Moscow Jean-Maurice Ripert discussed preparations for the trilateral summit on Karabakh in St. Petersburg. 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 | 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 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. |