Armenian politician offers amendment of OSCE MG mandateMay 19, 2011 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of the International Coordinating Committee of World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations,” Aram Sargsyan said it would have been expedient to convene a new OSCE Minsk peace conference to record a progress in the Karabakh conflict settlement. A political resolution of the conflict has no prospects, Sargsyan told Yerevan-hosted conference titled “CSTO and South Caucasus: Regional Peace and Security Perspectives.” “The parties to the conflict have polar stances on the main aspect of the Karabakh conflict – legal recognition of NKR, while none of them wants to make concessions in this matter. Thus, we assume that a new OSCE Minsk peace conference could consider amendment of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen’s mandate, providing them with powers to solve the Karabakh conflict with usage of all variants of the settlement – legal, political, economic integration, maintenance of status-quo - except for the military way,” said Sargsyan. Sargsyan believes that definition of the new essence of Co-Chairmen’s mandate is the only solution that would allow reaching a final settlement of the problem as a whole based on norms and principles of the international law. “As for stationing of international peacekeepers in the conflict zone, one should not forget that Iran has a 104km-long border with NKR and it will not tolerate their presence,” concluded Sargsyan. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |