Azeri FM says Yerevan, Baku have reached understanding on KarabakhDecember 19, 2018 - 11:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said that he has reached mutual understanding with his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan during negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement in Milan. “I believe that my Armenian counterpart and I reached a mutual understanding for the first time in a long while,” Mammadyarov said at a reception for the heads of the diplomatic missions, Interfax-Azerbaijan reports. The Minister said the search for ways to resolve the Karabakh conflict will remain Azerbaijan's priority in 2019. The main goal, he said, is to achieve tangible results. According to him, the ways of finding a peaceful settlement of the conflict will also be discussed in an upcoming meeting with Mnatsakanyan in January 2019. Mnatsakanyan and Mammadyarov on December 5 engaged in “a useful exchange of ideas” when discussing ways for reaching a peaceful settlement of the conflict. 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.” |