New U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group starts visit to South CaucasusSeptember 9, 2013 - 17:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador James Warlick is currently visiting Baku to further travel to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. This is the first visit of Mr. Warlick, who assumed the post last month, in the capacity of the OSCE MG co-chair. The Minsk Group spearheads the OSCE's efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. It is co-chaired by France, the Russian Federation and the United States. The OSCE MG co-chairs are Jacques Faure (France), Igor Popov (Russian Federation), James Warlick (USA.) The permanent members of the Minsk Group include the following participating States: Belarus, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Turkey as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan and, on a rotating basis, the OSCE Troika. Top stories 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. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. |