Baku must try establishing dialogue with Armenian refugees - Foreign MinistryDecember 2, 2011 - 21:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia commented on the statement of Azeri officials on the so-called Artsakh Azerbaijani community and attempts to position it on the same level with NKR residents. “If genuinely interested in establishment of a dialogue, the official Baku must take steps to organize an intercommunity dialogue with thousands of Armenian refugees of Azerbaijan, to gain a moral right for addressing NKR authorities with a similar request,” Shavarsh Kocharyan said. “Armenian side believes several components are necessary to create an atmosphere of trust between the conflicting parties. Here belong: abandonment of military rhetoric, non-destruction of cultural heritage, observation of ceasefire, promotion of dialogue between the countries’ civil societies. Baku, however, takes a selective approach to the problem, distorting the reality in pursuit of its goals,” the official stressed, MFA press-service reports. 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 | 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. |