  OSCE envoy vows appropriate steps to tackle Karabakh escalation January 22, 2016 - 14:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met Thursday, January 21 with Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, the Ministry’s press service reports. During the meeting, the parties discussed the situation on the Armenian-Azeri border and the contact line between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. Ohanyan briefed Kasprzyk on Azerbaijan’s recent provocations and Armenia’s subsequent retaliation, stressing the need for mechanisms to investigate border incidents to better control the situation. Ambassador Kasprzyk, in turn, expressed concern over the escalation, pledging to take appropriate steps.   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 |  Topic Latest 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. |
