Ex-FM: fair elections in Artsakh important for conflict settlementJuly 19, 2012 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia party member Vartan Oskanian commented on ongoing presidential polls in Artsakh. In his Facebook post, the politician stressed that fair and competitive elections in the republic are important in Karabakh conflict settlement progress. “A recent Freedom House report listed Artsakh as well as Azerbaijan among non-free countries, while Armenia was named partially free,” Oskanian said. According to the politician, Artsakh was compared to Azerbaijan in the fact that in 2010 NKR parliamentary polls, no opposition member made it to the national assembly. As Oskanian noted, with Karabakh settlement progresss in a standstill, it’s vital to both Armenia and NKR not to be compared to Azerbaijan as far as democratic values go. “Armenian diplomacy must dtrive to make the international community aware that Artsakh has used its “right to self determination,” having already determined its position. 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. |