Armenia FM, OSCE envoys talk Armenian-Azeri presidential meetingOctober 6, 2017 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign minister Edward Nalbandian and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on Friday, October 6 discussed issues concerning an upcoming meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents. Co-chairs Igor Popov of Russia, Stéphane Visconti of France and Andrew Schofer of the United States are currently on an official visit in Yerevan. At the meeting, the sides weighed in on the current situation on the Nagorno Karabakh contact line, as well as Armenia and the co-chairs' joint efforts in the peace process. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs said in a statement earlier that they are organizing a meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. 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 | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |