  Alexander Iskandaryan: Moscow has shouldered serious role in negotiations on Karabakh  January 25, 2011 - 17:31 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Director of Caucasus Institute, political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan said that since the five-day war in Georgia and signing of the Meindorf Declaration, Russia has shouldered a serious role in the Karabakh conflict settlement and done it with the carte-blanche of other mediators for the first time in the conflict’s history. Referring to the OSCE Minsk Group’s activity, Iskandaryan said during Yerevan-Moscow TV space bridge on the Karabakh conflict settlement that the task of the Minsk Group is to ensure contacts between the conflicting parties for organization of bilateral meetings, as well as to internationalize the negotiation process. “The MG has been fulfilling this very task for already 18 years,” the political analyst said.   Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12.Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |
