  Pashinyan: Armenia to join preliminary "3+2" meeting December 9, 2021 - 10:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that a "preliminary meeting" within the "3+2" format will be held on December 10, with Armenia set to participate in it. The proposed regional platform, initially dubbed "3+3", was supposed to serve as a cooperation mechanism between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia and Turkey. However, Georgia has already opted out of it. Pashinyan told lawmakers on Wednesday, December 8 that Armenia might be interested in the format if issues that Armenia is involved in within other platforms, are not discussed in this one. According to him, Deputy Foreign Ministers of the five countries are set to participate in the meeting, Aysor.am reports. The Prime Minister noted that the Armenian government has decided to pursue an active regional policy, and the authorities are already working on that.   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 |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
