Pashinian, Aliyev to meet again in MoscowMay 19, 2023 - 10:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Thursday, May 18 that he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet in Moscow on May 25 for fresh talks that will be hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We received an offer from the Russian president to hold a tripartite meeting in Moscow mediated by the Russian president and we accepted that offer,” he said during a weekly cabinet meeting in Yerevan, according to RFE/RL's Armenian Service. The announcement was not immediately confirmed by the Kremlin or Aliyev’s office. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to host talks between his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts in Moscow on Friday. The latter held U.S.-mediated marathon negotiations outside Washington earlier this month. Pashinian did not comment on the agenda of what will be his second encounter with Aliyev in less than two weeks. The Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders appear to have made progress towards a bilateral peace treaty on Sunday during four-hour negotiations in Brussels mediated by Charles Michel, the top European Union official. They pledged to meet again on June 1 on the sidelines of an EU-led summit in Moldova. They are due to be joined by Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Russia has been very critical of the U.S. and EU peace efforts which have intensified lately. It has repeatedly accused the Western powers of trying to use the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to drive Russia out of the South Caucasus. U.S. and EU officials have denied that. Moscow maintains that Armenian-Azerbaijani agreements brokered by Putin are the only viable blueprint for settling the conflict. 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. 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. |