  OSCE planning summit of Armenian- Azeri leaders “in the near future” July 1, 2016 - 10:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs are planning to organize a meeting between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev in the near future, APA cited the U.S. Co-chair as saying. “There is no certain date for a meeting though,” Ambassador James Warlick said Thursday, June 30. Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov declared earlier that Azerbaijan doesn’t mind a new meeting in Paris, France. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday that Paris is ready to serve as a platform for fresh negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.   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 |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
