Russia: Next Armenia-Azerbaijan video conference set for late JuneJune 18, 2020 - 14:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A video conference on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be held in late June, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday, June 17. "The OSCE co-chairs are in constant contact with the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia," Zakharova said. "Last month, they held a video conference to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The next distance meeting is planned by the end of this month." The Russian Foreign Ministry representative said more details will be provided later in the month. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of Russia, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States) have held frequent consultations remotely since mid-March, including a joint video conference on April 21. Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, also participated in these consultations. 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 | 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. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |