Artsakh welcomes efforts to establish direct ties with U.S.June 18, 2019 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), Ani Sargsyan, hassaid that the country highly appreciates the consistent efforts of U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone aimed at establishing direct ties between Artsakh and the United States. Her comments came in response to an inquiry by Aparaj agency concerning Pallone's June 13 statement in Congress on the need to lift the ban for U.S. officials to visit Artsakh. "We believe [the statement] will become a signal that the isolation of Artsakh is unacceptable," Sargsyan said. "We are convinced that the dialogue between Artsakh and the United States, as well as the other two OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries through direct official contacts at various levels will create favorable conditions for comprehensive discussions and for finding ways for the final settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict and become an important contribution to the establishment of stability in the South Caucasus." “We must remain committed to strengthening the ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh, removing barriers to dialogue, and resolving status and security issues that have hindered discussions in the past,” said Rep. Pallone had said. “Allowing direct and open dialogue and allowing our diplomats to have a presence on the ground as necessary and when safe is the only way for the United States to help bring this conflict to a resolution.” 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. |