Aliyev: OSCE Minsk Group mandate de facto invalidApril 13, 2022 - 11:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group on the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is de facto invalid, Interfax.az reports. "The Minsk Group worked for 28 years, until the Second Karabakh War (fall of 2020 - Ed.). The co-chairing countries over these years made perhaps hundreds of visits to Azerbaijan and Armenia. The result is obviously zero," Aliyev said on Tuesday, April 12. Aliyev claimed that Azerbaijan has settled the Karabakh conflict "through military-political means." The Second Karabakh war lasted 44 days and ended when Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev signed a ceasefire statement on November 9, 2020. Under the deal, the Armenian side returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. 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.” |