Armenia ready for negotiations with Azerbaijan, Pashinyan saysAugust 12, 2021 - 12:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is ready to engage in negotiations with Azerbaijan at a high and the highest levels, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, August 12. "Returning to the call of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to resume peace talks with Azerbaijan, I would like to emphasize that Armenia is ready to be involved in the negotiation process at both a high and the highest levels. We are waiting for concrete proposals," Pashinyan said. According to him, the mandate "received by the people to begin a new era of peaceful development for Armenia, Artsakh and the region is a special kind of responsibility." "To resolve those issues, we must be as active and flexible as possible. Our mood and attitude must be the following: do our best to solve the problems at hand." the PM said. Pashinyan noted that the unblocking of transport communications in the region is one of the more easily solvable problems. He called for restarting trilateral negotiations to pave the way for more economic opportunities. "Our position on the demarcation and delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is unchanged, we think that work in this direction should be intensified as well," he added. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |