Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents will meet next week: RPA deputy chiefOctober 13, 2017 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan will meet his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Geneva next week, deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan told reporters on Thursday, October 12. According to him, the summit is initiated by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. "Everyone is well aware of Armenia's position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict which the Armenian president recently repeated from the UN podium," Ashotyan said. "Despite some statements by high-ranking Azerbaijani officials, the president will attend the meeting." Asked why the presidents did not meet in Sochi (when both leaders were attending a CIS summit there), the RPA official said no such meeting was planned in advance. Also, he said that a reliable and safe environment is necessary to push negotiations forward. Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov met in New York in mid-September to discuss the conflict. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, in turn, visited the region recently to prepare the ground for the presidential summit. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. 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. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. 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. |