No drastic change expected in Karabakh process due to oncoming elections in Armenia, AzerbaijanMarch 11, 2011 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group’s initiative on investigation of incidents on the line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijani armed forces will help call the conflicting parties to discipline, according to the director of the Armenian subsidiary of the Institute of CIS Studies. Commenting on the Armenian-Azerbaijan-Russia presidential meeting in Sochi, Alexander Markarov noted that minor, yet important progress was observed. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, no drastic steps in Karabakh issue are to be expected in view of oncoming elections both in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |