OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to leave Armenia for Azerbaijan Oct 7October 4, 2017 - 10:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit Baku on Saturday, October 7, Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov said on Tuesday. According to him, the mediators will visit Armenia prior to their trip to Azerbaijan. "The co-chairs are coming to discuss the agenda of an upcoming meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents," Mammadyarov said. Also, he said, the envoys "seek to achieve logical results and move the settlement process from a dead end." Earlier, the U.S. embassy in Armenia said that Andrew J. Schofer, the new U.S. co-chair for the OSCE Minsk Group, will pay his first visit to Yerevan and Baku this week to meet with local officials and to get a firsthand look at the situation on the ground. 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. 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. The United States believes there should be an international mission to provide transparency. Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |