Sargsyan: ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan not accidentalMarch 12, 2008 - 17:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Attack of NKR positions was planned, RA Prime Minister and President-elect Serzh Sargsyan said."I am confident that the violation of ceasefire was not accidental. It was planned and the Azeri supreme leadership knew about it," he said. "The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister was aware that his troops advanced but refused to recall them even after a conversation with OSCE CiO Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk." "Our military honorably discharged their duty to the Homeland," the PM resumed, Novosti Armenia reports. On March 4 early morning Azeri special forces attacked a position of the NKR Defense Army near Levonarkh settlement of Mardakert region. The attack was rebuffed and status quo restored. A crisis monitoring due on March 7 by request of the NKR MFA was postponed through Azerbaijan's fault. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |