Armenia PM says ready for negotiations with AzerbaijanJuly 20, 2018 - 13:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a meeting with reporters on Friday, July 20 that he is ready to negotiate with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the process of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “Without the participation of the people of Artsakh (Karabakh) the issue will not be solved,” Pashinyan said. “All the working documents on the conflict stipulate that Artsakh must be involved in negotiations in the final phase of the settlement.” “At a press conference in Stepanakert, I said I was ready to negotiate with the Azerbaijani President. And now I repeat that I am ready for talks as negotiations are useful too in terms of creating an atmosphere of trust, without which it’s impossible to reach a settlement. On the other hand, Azerbaijan’s bellicose rhetoric is unacceptable to us. Pashinyan expressed the view that the rise of tension on Baku’s part is due to the authorities’ fear that the people of Azerbaijan could follow the lead of the Armenians and initiate changes in their country too. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. 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. 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. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |