OSCE MG was briefed on Baku's deceitful statements about "child's killing"March 16, 2011 - 14:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 16, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, ambassadors Robert Bradtke (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France) and Igor Popov (Russia), and personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. During the meeting, Sargsyan confirmed Armenia's willingness to continue negotiations based on the agreements reached during the Sochi meeting among the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents. The parties also referred to continuous provocations by Azerbaijan, including killing of an Armenian serviceman, destructive statements, and, specifically, misinformation on the alleged "killing of a nine-year-old Azerbaijani child by an Armenian sniper." The Armenian President noted that the recent statement is a slander, since hostilities against civilians, let alone against children, run counter to the moral portrait of Armenian soldiers. As for the certain incident, similar accusations are baseless, since even territorial peculiarities of the region make it impossible. Among other issues, the parties discussed further steps for the Karabakh conflict settlement. On March 9, Azerbaijani media reported that allegedly “the Armenian armed forces killed an Azerbaijani child on March 8.” Meanwhile, the reports were controversial – some of them stated that the boy was eight, while others spoke about resident of Orta Karvend settlement Farid Badalov, a ten-year-old boy. Later, the press services of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense of NKR issued a joint statement condemning false accusations of Azerbaijani side. “The Azerbaijani official propaganda continues aggravating the situation on the occasion of the Azerbaijani boy’s death in the frontier village of Orta Karvend, intensively spreading false accusations against the Karabakh party,” the statement said. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |