Armenia, U.S. stress Karabakh ceasefire importance at meeting in DCOctober 23, 2020 - 19:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met in Washington, DC to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on Friday, October 23. According to a press release from the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the two reaffirmed the need to implement the agreements reached on immediately establishing a ceasefire, as well as to continue the peace process within the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. During the meeting, Mnatsakanyan detailed the war crimes committed by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces during hostilities, including the deliberate targeting of the civilian population and infrastructure of Karabakh, the humiliating treatment, beheadings and murder of civilians and prisoners of war. Pompeo earlier held a meeting with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Jeyhun Bayramov. Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and Syrian and Libyan mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. The sides to the Karabakh conflict have agreed on a ceasefire twice before but Azerbaijan has failed to honor the agreements both times. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met in Washington, DC to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on Friday, October 23. Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and Syrian and Libyan mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. 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. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |