European diplomats became over-cautious about visits to KarabakhOctober 8, 2007 - 20:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - European diplomats became over-cautious about visits to Nagorno Karabakh, head of the Armenian delegation to PACE, Davit Harutyunyan told a news conference in Yerevan."Frequent cancellations of visits came as result of Azeri lobby's pressure and Europeans' cautiousness. But it doesn't mean that the Armenian side is inactive. We have warned that the route Azerbaijan proposes is not safe and the issue should be discussed with Nagorno Karabakh," he noted. Mr Harutyunyan also informed that the Armenian delegation to PACE initiated discussion on violation of the European Cultural Convention by Azerbaijan. "The Convention bans from posing obstacles for visits to cultural and historical sites. However, missions of international organizations meet groundless rejections from Azerbaijan. We state that it's violation of the Convention. We addressed the CoE Committee of Ministers with a request to take action," he said, IA Regnum reports. Late August the Azeri authorities ruined the visit of a mission expected to examine the state of historical monuments in the republic. The visit of Edward O'Hara, rapporteur of the PACE Subcommittee on Cultural Heritage, has been cancelled several times already. It was scheduled for May 2006 but later postponed to the autumn 2006 and then to spring and autumn 2007. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. 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. 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. |