Canada contributing $350,000 for ICRC efforts in KarabakhOctober 23, 2020 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Canada is contributing $350,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the organizations' for humanitarian efforts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Thursday, October 23. "In regular contact with Zohrab Mnatsakanyan. [Canada] continues to call for respect of ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh and is contributing $350K to ICRC for humanitarian efforts," Champagne said in a tweet. "We call on external parties to stay out of the conflict and [urge the] creation of verification mechanisms by OSCE Minsk Co-Chairs." Ottawa earlier suspended arms exports to Turkey after reports on the use of Canadian technology in the Karabakh conflict. 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. |