Armenia, France discuss expansion of cooperationSeptember 23, 2021 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who is currently in New York to participate in the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, met with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday, September 22. The sides discussed issues on the Armenian-French relations, as well as the further expansion of cooperation in a number of areas. The sides have also touched upon the humanitarian issues resulting from the 44-day war and the prospects of the peace process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Mirzoyan specifically emphasized the repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and captured civilians still being held in Azerbaijan. Both sides agreed on the need to resume the peace process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship. 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.” |