Azerbaijan says can't accept talks format change proposed by ArmeniaMarch 20, 2019 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev considers changing the format of negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict "unacceptable". Since taking office in May 2018, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly stressed the importance of Artsakh's involvement in negotiations. The involvement, he says, is neither a whim nor a precondition, but mere confirmation that Artskh's participation is key when it comes to the fate of its people. "The Armenian side has raised questions about changing the format of negotiations. However, Azerbaijan, naturally, cannot accept [such a change]," Aliyev said in his message on the occasion of Novruz. "At the same time, the ambassadors of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries - representatives of the United States, France and Russia - issued a serious statement and stressed that the format should remain unchanged. "Similar statements were made by high-ranking officials of the European Union. "This is definitely a serious signal for Armenia, which shows that the position of Azerbaijan is gaining even greater support." Aliyev added that Azerbaijan's position on the settlement of the conflict remains unchanged. Top stories 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | 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 Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |