  No drastic change expected in Karabakh process due to oncoming elections in Armenia, Azerbaijan March 11, 2011 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group’s initiative on investigation of incidents on the line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijani armed forces will help call the conflicting parties to discipline, according to the director of the Armenian subsidiary of the Institute of CIS Studies. Commenting on the Armenian-Azerbaijan-Russia presidential meeting in Sochi, Alexander Markarov noted that minor, yet important progress was observed. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, no drastic steps in Karabakh issue are to be expected in view of oncoming elections both in Armenia and Azerbaijan.   Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
