Armenian, Azerbaijani Presidents to meet in Switzerland Dec 19December 17, 2015 - 12:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Bern, Switzerland on December 18 to meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev the next day. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will mediate the meeting, the President’s press office reports. Sargsyan and Aliyev last met on October 27, 2014 in Paris. After separate meetings with the French leader, the Armenian and Azeri Presidents conducted negotiations with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, followed by a private conversation between Sargsyan and Aliyev. The negotiation results were summed up late in the evening at a joint meeting between Presidents Hollande, Sargsyan, Aliyev , the Co-Chairs and Kasprzyk. The participants stressed the importance to continuing the dialogue in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship and establish confidence-building efforts to make progress in peaceful negotiations. The absence of an alternative to the peaceful resolution of the conflict was stressed. The parties agreed to proceed with high-level negotiations. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |