  Expert doubts France will assume leadership in Minsk Group efforts  October 19, 2011 - 14:43 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Russia’s active involvement in OSCE Minsk Group efforts is not an attempt to compensate for the passivity of co-chairing France and U.S., according to Caucasus Institute director. “In reality, Russia’s activity have been endorsed by U.S. and France following Russia-Georgia conflict, which made it clear that Moscow has better ability to tackle regional situation as compared to Paris and Washington,” Alexander Iskandaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. Iskandaryan expressed confidence for the situation to remain unchanged as far as Russia’s involvement is concerned. The expert, however, doubted over France’s assuming leadership in Minsk Group activities.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
