Armenia PM visits Karabakh for second time since taking officeJune 16, 2018 - 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) for the second time since taking office in May. Pashinyan's visit to the second Armenian republic launched on Saturday, June 16, Secretary of Security Council Armen Grigoryan said in a Facebook post. Pashinyan took a two-day trip to Russia on June 13-14, during which he met Russian President Vladimir Putin, was introduced to Azerbaijan's leader Ilham Aliyev and attended the opening game of the FIFA World Cup. Pashinyan had earlier met the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs who had arrived in Yerevan to meet Armenia's new government. Related links: 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. |