Davit Harutyunyan: Karabakh talks without NKR participation impossibleNovember 5, 2008 - 14:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE Davit Harutyunyan appreciated positively adoption of a joint declaration on Nagorno Karabakh."The most important fact is that the parties to Karabakh conflict pledged to continue peaceful talks," he told a news conference in Yerevan today. Commenting on concerns that the Moscow declaration will completely exclude Nagorno Karabakh from talks, Mr. Harutyunyan said that it will not happen, as talks without NKR participation are impossible. "The August war in South Ossetia proved that use of force leads to a deadlock," he said, adding that talks demand compromise from all sides. 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 | 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. |