OSCE MG spares no effort to have Yerevan and Baku sign document on Basic PrinciplesJuly 18, 2009 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE MG Co-Chairs anticipated Armenian and Azeri leaders to reach progress during their meeting in Moscow. But they saw no positive result, Head of Hay Dat office Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "As shown by recent developments, mediators exerted pressures on Armenia in an attempt to satisfy Turkey which seeks to propose NKR conflict settlement as a precondition for normalizing ties with Armenia," he noted.Mr. Manoyan also introduced ARFD Dashnaktutyun's remarks regarding Madrid principles. We find that NKR representatives should be directly involved in talks after the publication of those principles," he said, adding that the updated version of the document neither reflects the current situation nor considers the developments that took place after 1988. "Today, it is impossible to ignore the fact that NKR people have twice expressed their will through referendums (in 1991 and in 2006). Conducting a new referendum is simply pointless," Manoyan stated. The speaker did not have serious expectations of Sargsyan-Aliev-Medvedev trilateral meeting, but was convinced that mediators will spare no effort to have Yerevan and Baku sign the document by the end of the current year. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. |