OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs to visit Armenia Apr 9April 5, 2016 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will on Saturday, April 9 visit Yerevan, a spokesperson for Armenia's Foreign Ministry said. According to Tigran Babayan, the mediators will meet with President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. The parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral ceasefire along the contact line which came into force at 12:00 midday, Tuesday, April 5. Also, the Misnk Group mediators are set to meet in Vienna on Tuesday to address the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |