Yerevan: Comprehensive Karabakh settlement will boost regional securityOctober 14, 2021 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing mandate will greatly contribute to the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan told the sitting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFA) of the CIS member states on Thursday, October 14. Mirzoyan stressed the importance of CIS member states committing to the principles of sovereignty, equality of peoples and the right to self-determination, inviolability of state borders, non-use of force and peaceful settlement of disputes. The Armenian foreign policy chief stressed the need for the immediate release of Armenian prisoners of war and other detainees, for the preservation the Armenian cultural heritage territories under the control of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. 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.” |