EU program’s 2nd phase promoting Karabakh settlement launched![]() October 26, 2012 - 20:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The second phase of EU-funded civil society program, aimed at supporting the peace-building efforts in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone has been launched, the EU Neighbourhood Info Centre reported. The European Partnership for the Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorno Karabakh (EPNK) is a continuation of a program launched in 2009 under the Instrument for Stability, promoting a dynamic dialogue between a broad range of policymakers, media and civil society from all sides of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It also supports a wider participation of conflict-affected people in the peace process, including women, youth, internally displaced persons and refugees. EPNK is a consortium of five European NGOs, which seeks to work with local partners in the South Caucasus on a wide range of peace-building projects to improve framework conditions conducive to positively impacting the Karabakh conflict settlement process. ![]() ![]() The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |