Armenia not surprised at Karabakh resolution passage in UNMarch 17, 2008 - 14:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia shares the position of the world powers which abstained from vote on Azerbaijan's resolution on Karabakh, RA President's spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a briefing in Yerevan."All these states do know that the resolution undermines the Karabakh peaceful process," he said. "Adoption of the resolution by 39 UN member states was not a surprise for Armenia. The point is how seriously Azerbaijan treats the talks and the OSCE MG's disapproval of the resolution, which is non-binding anyway," Mr Soghomonyan said when responding to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter's question. On March 14, with 39 votes in favor, 7 against and 100 abstentions, the Assembly adopted the resolution "On the situation on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan." Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |