Karabakh’s de jure recognition only a matter of time: Armenian MPSeptember 13, 2016 - 16:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - De jure recognition of Nagorno Karabakh’s independence is only a matter of time, deputy speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said Tuesday, September 13. Karabakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, he added. In response to a question about the territorial problems, Sharmazanov said that Karabakh’s status is the number one issue today. “Armenia will support the fair struggle of the people of Karabakh which began back in 1988,” Sharmazanov said. Weighing in on the agreements reached at summits in Vienna and Saint Petersburg, the deputy speaker said that Azerbaijan hinders their implementation. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev met on June 20 in Saint Petersburg to address the conflict, with Russian President Vladimir Putin mediating the talks. The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents confirmed their commitment to the implementation of agreements reached at a Vienna-hosted meeting on May 16. To that end, they agreed to increase the number of international observers in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. Also, they expressed satisfaction that the ceasefire was now holding. Prior to that, a meeting between both leaders was organized on May 16 in Vienna, with top diplomats from the MG co-chairing countries hosting the summit. According to him, the people of Karabakh must solve the issue and should be given a chance to realize their right to self-determination. 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. |