Lavrov due in Yerevan for talks on Karabakh agreementsMay 5, 2021 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will arrive in Yerevan on May 5, where meetings with the Armenian authorities are scheduled for May 6. On May 10-11, the top Russian diplomat will also pay a working visit to Baku. According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, during the trips, the sides are expected to "thoroughly consider a wide range of issues of bilateral and regional cooperation, as well as interaction in the international arena." But the implementation of the agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh will be the priority topic of the talks, TASS reports. "Priority attention will be paid to the practical aspects of the implementation of the statements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh from November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021," Zakharova added. Lavrov is actively engaged on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. On April 1, he held separate meetings in Moscow with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Ara Aivazian and Jeyhun Bayramov. The issue was also discussed at a recent meeting between Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |