Armenia to stick to Vienna proposals during fresh Karabakh talks: RPAJune 20, 2016 - 10:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia never avoids meetings on the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, still, we don’t have great expectations from the upcoming summit in Saint Petersburg, a ruling Republican Party MP said Sunday, June 19. The Kremlin confirmed on June 10 that a tripartite summit will be held in St Petersburg to tackle the conflict. The Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani Presidents, as well as the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will participate in the meeting. “The President is set to insist on the implementation of the proposals he made during a previous meeting in Vienna on May 16,” Vahram Baghdasaryan said. “Refusing to meet would mean giving up on a desire and determination to settle the conflict peacefully, through negotiations.” Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. |