Ukraine to tackle frozen conflicts during its OSCE chairmanshipFebruary 11, 2011 - 12:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The problem of frozen conflicts will be in focus of Ukraine during the country’s chairmanship of the OSCE, Ukrainian Foreign Minister said. “Kyiv will first of all tackle the Transdnistrian conflict,” Konstantyn Hryshchenko said in Yerevan during a joint news conference when responding to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter’s question. “We will support the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” he said. Ukraine is a member of GUAM, along with Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova. It also supplies Azerbaijan with armament. In its report to the UN Register of Conventional Arms, Ukraine said it sold 29 BTR-70, 29 122-mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” auxiliary artillery, 6 152-mm 2S3 “Akacia” auxiliary artillery, MiG-29UB basic trainer fighter jet and 11 Mi-24 helicopters to Azerbaijan in 2009. Top stories 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. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |